As others have already noted, Tyrian shekels seems the most likely possibility, but there's no way to be sure. The original text is vague, and...
An excellent selection @Alwin . Lots of wonderful Parthians (of which my favorite is probably the Mithradates I bronze), but my favorite coin...
Oh, and just to clarify, that reverse on the Arab-Sasanian coin is a creature from Persian mythology called a Gopadshah, which has the body of a...
Well, I finally received the Gyselen book. I should clarify that I have the First Edition (published in 2000). There is a Second Edition, which...
A very nice list @Quant.Geek . My favorite is probably the Arab-Sasanian coin (imagine that), I still don't have that obverse type in my...
A very nice coin. Here's my post from a couple of years ago, with my example of this type and giving some background:...
A very nice group @zumbly , my favorites are probably #6,5, 2, and 1 (hard to choose among those four). On #9, the countermark looks like he has...
I still have a couple of outstanding bids in Frank Robinson's next auction, but it looks like I'm mostly finished with my coin purchases for 2020,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Ekbatana mint. AR drachm. Artabanos VI (called Artabanos IV in older references) (c.212-224 AD). HIs bust right,...
Agree that it looks like a cast copy, but just to clarify about the original coin: it's not DIVI AVGVSTVS, it's DIVI F AVGVSTVS. The F stands...
Very nice group, my favorite is the wedding thaler (#3).
Mitchiner states that it is written in Gurmukhi, which is the writing system used for Punjabi. For far more information than you probably want,...
Wow, with quality like that you have no need to apologize for only posting seven! I think my favorite is the Syracuse- even though I don't...
#2 is a ramatanka (a Hindu temple token from India). There are many varieties, this seems to be the most common design: first side depicts Rama...
[ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom. Tyre (?) mint. AE 21 (21 mm, 5.54 g). Demetrios II Nikator, Second Reign (129-125 BC). Obverse: Laureate head of...
I've shown it many times before, but here's an Arab-Sasanian coin featuring a Gopadshah on the reverse: [ATTACH]
Obverse says Theodosius (I'm not sure if that's I or II, someone who knows the series will doubtless be along soon). I'd try to determine...
French Indochina (the French colonies in what's now Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), bronze 1 centime coin, 1913. Historically interesting, but...
Thanks @Valentinian for that page, it looks like a useful resource. I find Persis interesting for how it maintained the Persian culture...
Thanks @Spaniard for your detailed and informative reply. So, it sounds like you think my OP coin is actually a lifetime issue of Toramana II,...
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