At the risk of piling on, these all look very much like modern copies and not like genuine ancient Roman coins. Also, the fact that they were...
The "gold" coin on the right of the bottom picture is supposed to be from Sasanian Persia. I think it might be copying Peroz (459-484 AD) but the...
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Here's a Persian civic copper dated 1115 AH (=1703/4 AD), most likely from Isfahan, featuring a lion and a sun-face: [ATTACH]
Another coin from the recent Baltimore show: [ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian, Bukhara. Billon drachm. In the name of Caliph Al-Mahdi (158-169 AH/775-785...
I just got back from mailing mine overseas, so fingers crossed...
Woohoo! I got 800/1000. My only misses were on the wives/mothers of third-century military emperors, and that's an era of history and...
[ATTACH] India, Magadha. AR karshapana. Time of the Eight Sons of Mahapadma Nanda (c.346-321 BC). Obverse: Five punchmarks: Sun symbol,...
How about Shapur II, the Sasanian Persian king who defeated and killed Julian and made a treaty with Jovian: [ATTACH]
And let's not forget the ladies! Sabina, wife of Hadrian: [ATTACH] Faustina the Elder, wife of Antoninus Pius: [ATTACH] And Faustina Junior, wife...
I'm grateful for my many new friends here on Cointalk, and I'm grateful that all of them pulled through the hurricanes safe and with houses still...
Late Roman Empire, 4th century AD. I can't tell the emperor, but we have several folks on here who specialize in this series and who know far...
Here's a write-up of another coin from the Baltimore show last weekend: [ATTACH] Roman Republic. AR denarius. Lucius Marcius Censorinus (82...
I finally got around to doing a proper write-up of the Phoenician coin I bought at the Baltimore show last week: [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Arados....
It's actually in Farsi (Persian), it is a token for the Persian New Year, Nowruz. The inscription on both sides reads "Mubarak Bad" (Happy New Year)
Here's my Otacilia Severa from Nisibis in Mesopotamia: [ATTACH]
Very nice! Glad to see you building your Parthian collection. Here's my example of Pacorus II: [ATTACH]
I've got one of the Prussian Bicentennial types: [ATTACH] There's a similar type issued for the Tricentennial of Russia's Romanov dynasty, which...
@AncientJoe : That overlapping faces reverse design in post #3 is awesome! Very 20th century style (to my non-expert eyes), I don't think I've...
[ATTACH] Thanks for the funny write-up, @Sallent ! Here's a drachm of Shapur I, struck on billon unlike most Sasanian drachms (including most...
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