Sultans of Dehli, Suri Dynasty: Sher Shah Suri (AH945-952/1538-1545 AD), AR Rupee, "Jahanpanah" type, NM, AH949, G&G D812 (11.33 g, 30.68 mm)...
Mughal Empire: Nur al-deen Jahangir (AH1014-1037/AD1605-1627), AR Rupee, Agra, AH 1036/Ry 21, KM 149.1 This coin has the "Yaft" poetic couplet:...
His “Meditations” is one of my favourite books. Still very relevant today and I go back to it from time-to-time.
France: Napoleon I, “The Hundred Days”, 5 Francs, Paris mint, 1815A, KM#694.7 (24.9 g) Napoleon's historic “Hundred Days” issue. Issued during...
Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD), AR Denarius, Rome mint, 167 AD, Sear 4934, C882, RIC171 (19 mm, 3.42 g) A coin of my favourite Roman emperor....
From the original image, I would not have suspected the coin to be so embrittled. An exceptionally nice example for this late type (Fishman M56,...
Very nice coin. It is Surat mint, Ry 2, ilahi month Azar. Seems to be from the Akola hoarde and die-identical to...
Farsi (Persian)
Adding another: Gupta Dynasty: Skandagupta Karmaditya (c. 455-467 AD), AR Drachm, Madhyadesha type, GE141, Shivlee variety A (2.38 g, 15.1 mm)...
Mughal Empire: Jahangir (AH1014-1037/1605-1628AD), AR Rupee, Ahmadabad mint, AH1029, RY14 (KM149.4) (11.34 g, 22.78 mm) On many of Jahangir’s...
The legends on these are typically rendered quite crudely. I can pick up a few characters here and there but can’t make sense of the rest.
Like many other series, their prices have generally shot up since COVID. The “Archer-type” of Chandragupta II is the most common (and affordable)...
Thank you.
These are indeed very nice examples. I cannot quite resolve the characters in the first photo [...tya(?)...pa-ra-ma...]. Is the “blob” on top of...
Nice specimens. Your first coin is an “old-style” portrait, Fishman “Mint B” (198-204 SE, 276-282 AD). I read the date as SE(20)2, though it...
You’re welcome. Dated AH987.
Yes. Though the legend is partly off-flan, the second part of the king’s name can be seen. I read “...(mahe)ndraditya parama(bhagwata)...”. From...
Gupta Dynasty: Skandagupta Karmaditya (c. 455-467 AD), AR Drachm, Madhyadesha type, GE140(?), Shivlee variety A (2.38 g, 14.2 mm) Obverse: Bust...
Nice one. It is from a different mint though: Dar al-Sultanate Ahmedabad. The mint name is often completely or partly (as on this one) off-flan on...
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