... but this one looked cool and the price was right: [ATTACH] Carpathian Celts. c.3rd-1st century BC. AR reduced tetradrachm. Imitation of...
[ATTACH] Indo-Parthian countermark on Parthian host coin. Host coin: Phraates IV (38-2 BC), Margiana mint (Sellwood type 52.19) AR drachm (2.74...
I have a backlog of coins that I haven't shared yet, so instead of procrastinating until I can produce thorough write-ups, I'm just going to go...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm. Hormazd IV (579- 590 AD), Royal Year 3. Narmashir mint. Obverse: Bust of king right, Pahlavi inscription...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Nisa mint. Debased AR drachm. Phraatakes (2 BC- AD 4). Obverse: Diademed bust of Phraatakes left, crescent and...
[ATTACH] Seljuks of Rum. Sulayman II (592-600 AH/ 1196-1204 AD). AE fals (30 mm). Obverse: Horseman right. Reverse: Arabic inscription....
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Court mint. AR drachm. Yazdegard I (399-420 AD). Obverse: Bust of Yazdegard I right, legend in Pahlavi script...
[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 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...
[ATTACH] India, Saurashtra-Malwa-Gujarat region (?). AR drachm. Anonymous "Gadhaiya Paisa" type derived from Sasanian precursors, early period...
[ATTACH] Elymais. AE drachm. "Prince B" (3rd century AD). Obverse: Diademed bust of king left, anchor and crescent behind. Reverse: Athena...
[ATTACH] Abbasid Caliphate. Armenia mint. AR dirham. 145 AH (762/3 AD), time of Caliph al-Mansur (136-158 AH/ 754-775 AD). Anonymous type,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Traxiane mint. AR drachm (3.36 g). Orodes II (57-38 BC). Obverse: King's bust diademed left, crescent behind....
Here's two coins I picked up at the Baltimore show last November: [ATTACH] Coin 1: Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm. Hormazd IV (579- 590 AD),...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm (30 mm). Khusro II (590- 628), Royal Year 21. Meshan mint. Obverse: Crowned bust of Khusro right,...
[ATTACH] Roman Republic. AE as. c.169-158 BC. Obverse: Bearded face(s) of Janus left and right. Reverse: Ship's prow, ROMA beneath, VARO...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Ekbatana mint. AE dichalkoi (13 mm, 1.30 g). Orodes II (c.57-38 BC). Obverse: Diademed bust of Orodes II left,...
I'm still feasting on Thanksgiving leftovers, but here on the Coin Talk Ancients board it's already time for our annual Top 10 lists. While I...
I attended the Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo today (Friday, November 19, 2021) and was on the bourse continuously from about 10:30 AM to a bit past...
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...
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