I have Hartill, but frankly I'm usually not good at figuring out sub-varieties of Qing cash- I'm happy when I correctly remember the emperor and...
Just as another data point, old (including ancient) coins were regularly being exchanged for current pieces by money-changers in 19th century...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Nisa mint. Debased AR drachm. Phraatakes (2 BC- AD 4). Obverse: Diademed bust of Phraatakes left, crescent and...
The dating used on the coins of Viminacium is based on the city's foundation by Gordian III in 239/40 AD, so year 1 is 239/40 and year 4 is 242/3....
Both are from Upper Moesia (Moesia Superioris), city of Viminacium. Reverse inscription is PMS COL VIM (Provincia Moesia Superioris, Colonnia...
[ATTACH] Seljuks of Rum. Sulayman II (592-600 AH/ 1196-1204 AD). AE fals (30 mm). Obverse: Horseman right. Reverse: Arabic inscription....
@nerosmyfavorite68 : Airan Khurra Shahpur (also spelled Eran-khvarrah-Shapur) was a city in Khuzistan Province, near the border with what is now...
Wow, a Sasanian drachm posted for ID that's not Khusro II! :woot: I can see why you guessed Valkash, but close examination of the crown and the...
Here's a coin I posted a couple of years ago, with my description from then: [ATTACH] apan, Nagasaki trade coinage. c.1668-1685. Gen Ho Tsu Ho....
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Court mint. AR drachm. Yazdegard I (399-420 AD). Obverse: Bust of Yazdegard I right, legend in Pahlavi script...
I see @Spaniard has already correctly identified the mint and date for this coin (I usually do that for Sasanian coins around here, but I was out...
Very nice coin! I have a coin of Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) from Nisibis with the same reverse type: [ATTACH]
When I saw the title, I thought "Did @svessien lose part of his collection?" :woot: I know that quite a few early Islamic coins (Abbasids,...
[ATTACH] Kushan Kingdom. Kanishka I (c.127-147 AD). AE didrachm (or double unit, or half unit) (8.07 g). Obverse: King standing with trident...
I agree that the letters behind the bust on late Parthian tetradrachms are almost certainly mint officina markers. But that still doesn't...
I have several coins relevant to this topic. First, a drachm and an AE chalkos of Vologases VI: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A drachm of his brother,...
I sold the majority of my Parthian collection through CNG a few years ago. I found them helpful and easy to work with, and was overall quite...
I have a halved (actually, closer to 1/3) Parthian drachm of Mithradates I (c.171-138 BC): [ATTACH] It's a fairly rare coin type, struck in...
I have quite a few worn but still attractive coins in my collection. I especially like this as of Antonia Minor, issued during the reign of...
I posted this not long after I joined, but most who were around then have probably forgotten it, and we have many new members since then, so...
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