Some of this Caliphs AV Dinars went for 300 EF/ 400 Ch-EF/ MS go double that. Some Umayyad coins go for over million US.
They look A-OK to me. The weights on Western Roman Solidi can vary from 4.45g-4.55g. I got a Constantius II Solidus from Triton III that weighed...
I think its an AV Dinar / Caliph Abd al-Malik 685-705AD MS examples go for 600-800US Umayyad Caliphate
My oldest coin with an animal is this AV 1/12 Stater ND Lydia Sardes Mint/King[ATTACH] Kroisos circa 550 BC Lion/ Bull
Yes, but when you check with coin grading standards/ esp. the Europeans/ Brits/ Japanese, they do not agree with the US version of MS coin grades....
Here is another one of my 'bears" AV Doppelduplone 1793 Bern Mint Bern[ATTACH]
Here is bear from my collection:) Swiss Cantons/ Bern AV Dukat 1794 Bern Mint[ATTACH]
From Heritage Auction/ bargain at $155 AV 1/2 Dinar AH487 = 1094AD 17mm. 1.15g. MS Dhu Jibla Mint/ Yemen Queen Arwa bint Ahmad 1091-1137AD...
But, what about the ones that where expertly preserved, never used for commerce/handled? My Basel AV Quarter Dukat ND(1720) was from Elsen Auction...
He became Sultan in May, 1876. Murad V was deposed after a short reign of 3 months, on account of mental illness. He was succeeded by Abdul Hamid...
Actually this coin was minted in Kostantiniye (Istanbul) formerly Constantinople (Byzantine Capital) So, even though the Ottoman Empire had shrank...
Thanks:) You can find lots of nice Ottoman Empire coinage at these auction sites.... Heritage Steve Album Baldwins of St. James Morton & Eden...
Just won a MS AV 100 Piastres AH1293/1 (1876) Sultan Murad V 1876 Kostantiniye Mint This was a short reign Sultan, due to this only three...
Nice coins you got from Heritage Auctions, beauty+quality =hard to beat. I picked up four from Heritage all where post 1500AD 1719 Salzburg AV...
The BEST place to look for high grade coin/ including ancients are... CNG/ Triton Roma Kunker Gorny&Mosch Ars Classica Morton & Eden Maison...
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