I just posted it last week, but here it is again, an AR dirham of Hulagu (1256-1265), founder of the Ilkhans and the father of Abaqa: [ATTACH]
I think most of the primary sources dealing with the Mongol invasion were written a bit afterwards, as during the invasion the historians were...
[ATTACH] Ilkhans (Mongols of Persia). Mint unclear. AR dirham (2.61 g, 28 mm). Hulagu (1256-1265 CE/654-663 AH), date possibly 657 AH....
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR obol (9 mm, 0.45 g). Kavad I, second reign (499- 531). Obverse: Bust of king right. Reverse: Fire-altar with two...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia-on-the-Tigris mint. Billon tetradrachm. Vologases III (c.111-146 CE), dated Panemos 434 Seleucid Era (June...
I agree with @Mr. Numismatist , obverse is of Shunzhi (1644-1661), but the only two mints that used reverses with two Manchu characters in this...
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[ATTACH] Ilkhans, Jurjan mint. AE fals (22 mm, 2.43 g). Abu Sa'id (1316-1335 CE/716-736 AH). Obverse: Standard religious formula, with names...
The coin is indeed Orodes II, Sellwood 45.10, "Court at Ekbatana" mint according to Sellwood. The Sunrise number is wrong- #365 in Sunrise has a...
[ATTACH] Chinghizids (Great Mongols). AE jital (20 mm). Shafurqan mint. Time of Chinghiz Khan (1206-1227). Obverse: Kalima in 3 lines "la ilah...
I have a couple from China (I'm fortuitously working on cataloguing my Chinese collection right now). First, another spade coin, but different...
Nice! There's just something about a lifetime Julius Caesar coin... [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Samanids. AR multiple dirham (7.74 g, 42 mm). No mint. Nuh III (976-997 CE), no date. Obverse: Standard legend with kalima in...
Today (June 15) I finally received two coins that I won at an auction at the beginning of April. So, about 10 days after the auction's close, I...
[ATTACH] Bolivia. Potosi mint. Melgarejo (equivalent to 1 peso or 8 soles). 1865. Obverse: Bust of Melgarejo left in military uniform, Spanish...
[ATTACH] Zengids of Mosul. Mint of "al-Jazira". AE dirham (30 mm, 13.94 g). 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I (1180-1193 CE/576-589 AH), dated 577 AH (1181...
[ATTACH] Buyids (Buwayhids). Shiraz mint. AR drachm. 'Adud al-Dawla (338-372 AH/949-983 CE), dated 357 AH (967-8 CE). Obverse and reverse:...
Type is definitely of the Shun Zhi Emperor (1644-1661), reverse is Board of Revenue mint in Beijing, Hartill 22.70. But the Manchu calligraphy on...
Nice! I picked up an example of this type at the Baltimore show last November, on mine the countermark is a lot smaller and less obvious: [ATTACH]
Um, is this a late April Fool's joke? Surely the ability to read cursive script hasn't disappeared that quickly?
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