Coin #17 is a drachm from the Sasanian Persian kingdom, Khusro II (590- 628 AD). Mintmark is WYHC (uncertain site in either Far or Central Iraq),...
I concur with @THCoins on his reading of the obverse, and that this is a modern token. Not sure what is being depicted on the reverse, though.
I recently bought a Bolivian coin from 1830, and researching it led to a question. Some sources list the Bolivian silver denomination in 1830 as...
[ATTACH] Afrighids. AR drachm (1.73 g). No mint or date. Shah Askaswar II(?) aka Azkajwar-Abdallah, with vizier Dhu'l-Ri'asatayn (c.812-821...
Definitely ancient Spain, c. 204-154 BC, but I don't think it's Ilerda- the inscription is wrong. (A number of cities issued coins with this same...
Kazakhstan (home of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, launch site for Soviet/Russian space exploration) has issued a series of commemoratives honoring some...
@TIF : Wow, that display of coins based on Pink Floyd's "Animals" is impressive. Now, if you can do "Ummagumma", including the song "Several...
Looks like a "barbarous radiate" (search that term for more info). Interesting, I have no idea what that thing on the reverse is even supposed to be.
Khusro II (590-628 AD). This looks like his earlier, more slender portrait style, but a typical weak strike that makes the date and mintmark on...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian (Umayyad Caliphate). Probably Bishapur or Istakhr mint. AE pashiz (0.44 g, 15 mm). No date or mint on coin. Obverse:...
Actually, yeah, I kind of see that, too. They're even up on a little stage, and they're both wearing short skirts... Anyway, since you asked,...
My unpopular opinions: -Non-pictorial series (e.g. Chinese, most Islamic) are just as cool, historically interesting, and often even just as...
You only say that because our first president was a cow!
Very nice! I have a couple of Civil War Tokens that are also campaign pieces for Abraham Lincoln's re-election campaign in 1864: [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Numidia. AR denarius (3.53 g). Juba I (60-46 BC). Obverse: Bearded bust of Juba right, with diadem and scepter, hair in fancy curls,...
My first Parthian collection had about 400 coins, all different, and it was nowhere near complete. But if by "a series that I can finish" you...
(photo from seller because I can't get a decent picture of the coin) [ATTACH] Lycia. Local dynasts under Achaemenid Persian rule. Mithrapata...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian. Zubayrid Caliphate. AR drachm. Umar ibn Ubaydallah, governor, dated 70 AH (689 AD). Bishapur mint. Obverse:...
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Very nice, the Tabaristan series is a cool self-contained little set. There were coins issued for three independent rulers (the Dabuyid dynasty)...
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