I have a Rex Parthis Datus sestertius: [ATTACH] And a related piece, Regna Adsignata, referring to Trajan's establishment of three other local...
Thanks @Valentinian for creating this valuable resource. Here's a few of my Turkoman figural bronzes (which are listed in Spengler/Sayles):...
Interesting, this is far more plausible than most other alleged pre-Columbian coin finds in North America. If I had to guess, I'd expect that it...
It's hard to pick just one, but if I absolutely had to (like, if forced to sell all my collection except for one coin), it would have to be this:...
How about Eukratides I of Bactria? [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian. No mint or date. AE pashiz (12 mm, 0.73 g). Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Umayyad governor of Iraq (75-95 AH/ 694-713 AD)....
Second row, second from left is from Osroene (Edessa) in Mesopotamia. The dude in Parthian-style tiara is either Abgar VIII or Abgar X, and the...
Here's my example of the type, which I wrote about a while ago:...
Haven't seen mention of Pars Coins yet (they do occasional auctions through vauctions.com), very trustworthy seller and they have lots of scarce...
Now that is a great coin @TIF (not that I would expect any differently of you). I don't have any anguiped coins in my collection (though I do...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Mithradatkart mint. AE tetrachalkoi (17 mm). Orodes II (c.57-38 BC). Obverse: Diademed bust left. Reverse:...
My only coin of Cilician Armenia is this AR takvorin of Gosdantin (Constantine) III (1344-1362): [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Seleukia-on-the-Tigris mint. AR tetradrachm (27 mm, 10.36 g). Dated Daisios 285 Seleucid Era (May, 27 BC)....
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I haven't posted any coins in a while, and although my buying is somewhat down compared to the last couple of years, I have by now accumulated a...
I have just a few sestertii, starting with this Vespasian (69-79) featuring Roma on reverse: [ATTACH] And two from Trajan's Parthian campaign:...
I'm kind of surprised that no-one has yet posted any Chinese coins to this thread, so I guess I'll go ahead. Here's several different coins...
A superb OP coin @I_v_a_n , may I ask where you bought it? I have no Sasanian gold (or lead), but I do have most of the kings in silver and some...
My main collecting area is broadly "Pre-Islamic and early Islamic Persia", which covers quite a lot of ground. You've got your Achaemenids, like...
Your coin is Shapur I, whose bust and crown are similar to Shapur II, but notice the long ear flap- that's distinctive to Shapur I. No mint or...
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