[ATTACH] Artuqids of Mardin. AE dirham. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (1201-1239 AD). Album 1830.7, Spengler/Sayles 43. $80 at the Baltimore coin...
Another recent win from Frank Robinson: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Seleucia-on-Tigris mint. AR tetradrachm. Vardanes II (55-58 AD), dated 368...
Michael Grant wrote a number of books about various aspects of Roman culture and history, and they are written for a general audience, so they are...
Thanks for the comments, everyone! For Khusro I, yes, his portrait tends to show him with a very tall, thin head. Some other Sasanian kings...
Here's another of my recent wins from Frank Robinson: [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm. Khusro I (531-579 AD), regnal year 30. Darabgird...
I have both of the more common designs of Persian sigloi, the "king with bow and spear" and the "king with bow and dagger": [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I did pretty well in Frank Robinson's latest auction and thought I'd show off my latest acquisitions. First off is this didrachm of Tyre:...
Nice pickup, Doug! I have an example of that type: [ATTACH] As far as I know all of the Tabaristan coinage has the mint name of TAPWRSTAN, and...
Cool! I have various Persis coins that I never got around to photographing, but here's one I did: a bronze of the last king of Persis, Ardashir...
Hard to pick just one, but my favorite coin (that I own) is probably this silver tetradrachm of the Parthian king Artabanos II (10-38 AD), struck...
A little Googling turned up this from the Missouri Journal of Numismatics:...
Some people call him a space cowboy Some call him the gangster of love Some people call him Maurice Tiberius... The only Byzantine photo I have...
Thought I'd share one more coin that I bought recently from Ancient Imports (before I receive my wins from Frank Robinson's latest auction):...
I've got a couple of sestertii of M. Aurelius, one commemorating his victory over the Parthians and one calling him the Restorer of Italy:...
"I'm Mister Crowbar. And this is my friend, who is also a crowbar." [ATTACH] I did once voluntarily buy a slabbed ancient, a scarce early...
It appears all your coins are from the German state of Wurttemberg- the middle one reads "WURTTEM" (starting at about 2 o'clock) and the shield...
I've been on a bit of a buying spree recently, and here's another cool new pickup: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Ekbatana mint. ?Meherdates (49-50...
I recently won my first siliqua from John Anthony's auction: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Treveri mint. AR siliqua (18mm, 1.6g). Arcadius (383-408)....
Cool! My earliest round Chinese coin is a Hartill 6.3 that I bought many years ago from Frank Robinson: [ATTACH]
Nice OP coin @Sallent, it fits in with my belief that well-worn coins can still be attractive. I've shared it before, but here's a denarius...
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