I am afraid that that the discussion in this thread has gotten a bit off-topic, and is in danger of devolving into personal invective that would...
I heartily second the recommendation of the books by Wayne G. Sayles and William F. Spengler, "Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and their...
Great post! No Mithradates VI portrait here, but I do have a nice drachm of Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia (96-63 BC), who had to fight for his...
I'm more into Arab-Sasanian than Arab-Byzantine, but I have picked up a couple of Arab-Byzantine fals along the way. Here is one of the more...
@dougsmit : @Mat 's coin is indeed Sellwood 46.11 (as pointed out by @Alwin above), which is given by Sellwood as Court at Rhagae. (There are...
@Sulla80 : That's a great OP denarius of Publius Licinius Crassus. I've been low-key looking for one for a while, as part of my collection of...
[ATTACH] Khazar Khaganate. AR dirham (26 mm, 3.93 g). No date, c. 880s-910s AD. Imitation of an Abbasid dirham with two "obverse" dies....
I have a worn but still reasonably attractive as of Antonia Minor: [ATTACH]
Actually, your idea makes a lot more sense. I think I was misinterpreting part of the attendant's leg as part of the date, and trying to connect...
The king is definitely Khusro II, the name in front of his portrait is tolerably clear (at least by Sasanian Pahlavi standards). Mintmark is...
@dougsmit : Mintmark on first coin is GD (not GI), other two are correct. I agree with the dates on the first two coins, last coinI am not sure-...
Two coins acquired back in November (yes, I'm finally catching up): [ATTACH] Coin 1. Sasanian Persia. AR drachm. Kavad I, 2nd reign (499-532),...
There were very similar designs used for silver and gold. These "cob" coins were crudely struck in the Spanish colonies in Mexico and Central and...
Modern tourist copy of a Spanish colonial 8 escudos gold. Here's a link to a genuine specimen:...
To go along with the Parthian AE drachm of Vardanes I that I posted last week, here's another coin with some mystery over where it was struck....
It's certainly possible that they won't be able to hold the show, I'm not saying that it will definitely happen. Making predictions is difficult,...
Here's what I have, according to what I've managed to enter into Excel spreadsheets: Roman Republic: 19 Roman Imperatorial: 6 Roman Imperial...
This coin from c.7th-8th century AD Chach in Central Asia features a snow leopard: [ATTACH]
I hope that it can be held safely in November. If they hold it, and if I'm convinced at that time it will be safe, I plan to attend. I usually...
I got outbid on some Parthian and Sasanian coins, but ended up winning two Islamic pieces: one Arab-Sasanian, one from a later Persian dynasty...
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