Here is my first new coin of 2019, from Frank Robinson's latest auction: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm. Peroz (457-484 AD). Obverse: Bust...
Cambodia, no date but issued c. 1847. Looks like the 1/8 Tical denomination, KM# 32.1. The design is a "Hamza bird", whatever that is o_O.
Yep, just concurring on the ID as Elymais. The coins appear to be genuine, and as Doug pointed out above, are common and not worth much...
My first ancient coin was this AE3 of Constantius II, bought (unattributed) from a local coin store near my college for $3.00 in about 1992/3:...
I've spent a little time now trying to read a mint name on the reverse and have not found anything definite- it almost fits Urumi, but I don't...
Agree that it's Persian Civic Copper. These were struck by a lot of different cities in Iran (and Afghanistan) for a couple of centuries, with...
Very nice write-up @Jochen ! I'm pretty sure a hoard of Hormazd II drachms hit the market a few years ago- I remember them being a lot scarcer...
(checks cards in wallet) "Let's see, I'm an Elk, a Mason, a Communist, I'm the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance for some reason..."...
This is an early Umayyad gold dinar, these do not have a ruler or mint city listed on the coin (though they were almost certainly struck at...
This imitation of a Constantine with two Victories reverse is still pretty recognizable in the designs, but the legend gives it away: [ATTACH]
I won a couple of Sasanian drachms- nothing very rare or high-grade, but I'll be taking my own photos and posting write-ups when they arrive: [ATTACH]
On high-grade examples of the OP coin, you can see that the "emperor" is laureate rather than crowned; this is why Spengler and Sayles supported...
It's from the Zengid atabegs of Sinjar, Qutb al-Din Muhammad b. Zengi (reigned 594-616 AH/ 1197-1219 AD). Spengler/Sayles type 81.1 (variety with...
Parthians? Nope, never heard of 'em...
Almost all drachms, yes. The only Parthian drachms without a seated archer reverse are those of Vonones I as shown above by @Sulla80 , some rare...
Excellent write-up @Pavlos ! I don't have any Seleucid coins of Ekbatana, but the city was one of the most prolific Parthian mints, so how a...
This looks like a copy of a Korean "horse warrant" token. (Korea used Chinese written characters for most of its history.) These (well, the...
I heartily recommend Mary Renault's trilogy on Alexander (Fire From Heaven, The Persian Boy, and Funeral Games). Well-researched, and also...
@7Calbrey : Abgar V, whose biography you found, is from the early 1st century AD; Abgar X, on your coin, is about 200 years later (contemporary of...
Looks like Abgar X of Osrhoene with Gordian III. Here's one from my collection: [ATTACH]
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