Calabria, Tarentum: AR Nomos. c. 281-272 BC, Gy-, Sostratos, and Poly-, magistrates; Vlasto 716, HN Italy 1001, SNG ANS 1037 (6.44 g, 22 mm)...
Dehli Sultanate, Khilji Dynasty: Qutb al-Din Mubarak Shah (AH 716–720; 1316–1320 AD), AE Adli, Qutbabad mint, ND, G&G D282, R1011 (2.15 g, 10×12...
Hi Here is a contemporary silver-plated counterfeit of a Mughal (Akbar) rupee from Lahore. Can anyone tell me how the peculiar “grooves” formed...
Crete, Knossos, c. 2nd century BC, Æ12, Svoronos, Numismatique 105; SNG Copenhagen 385 (2.20 g, 12 mm) Probably the most famous legend of Crete...
Mughal Dynasty: Aurangzeb Alamgir (AH1068-1118/1658-1707 AD), AR Rupee, Azimabad (Patna) mint, AH1117/Ry 50, KM#300.16 (11.51 g, 21.39 mm) Patna...
Not the best example, but I definitely wanted one of this type. Was likely worn as an amulet by someone (a soldier, perhaps) soliciting the...
Sicily, Syracuse, under tyrant Hiketas II (287-278 BC), Æ 20, SNG ANS 812, Calciati 157, Ex. Lord Grantley Collections (7.47 g, 20 mm) Obverse:...
Complete mint name on reverse bottom, which is rarely encountered in these: [ATTACH]
India, Mughal Dynasty: Akbar (AH963-1014, 1556-1605 AD), AR Rupee, Karrah mint, AH973 (11.16 g, 25.96 mm) [ATTACH]
Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera (51-30 BC), AE Diobol (80 Drachmae), Alexandria mint, Svoronos 1871 and pl. LXIII, 3. SNG Copenhagen 419 (17.02 g, 27...
Kings of Lydia: Kroisos (c. 564/53-550/39 BC), AR 1/12 Stater, Sardes, Berk 26-7, Traité I 413, SNG Kayhan I 1020-1 (0.84 g, 8 mm) Obverse:...
Roman Empire: Trajan (98-117 AD), Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, c. 116-117 AD, RIC 663, Woytek 591 (20.23 g, 34 mm) Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO...
I “won” a coin at the last Leu auction, which was stated to be “From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s”....
Crete, Knossos, c. 300-270 BC, Æ13, Svoronos, Numismatique 77, no. 93; B.M Cameron Plate 49, 27 (1.96 g, 13 mm) Probably the most famous legend...
Mughal Dynasty: Shah Jahan (AH1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD), AR Rupee, Multan mint, AH1060/Ry 24, KM#235.19 (11.47 g) Complete mint name in the left...
India, Gupta Dynasty: Chandagupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) (c. 380-414 AD), AV Dinara, Archer type, Shivlee A4 (7.65 g, 18.89 mm) Obverse:...
Indo-Greek: Menander I (c. 160-130 BC), Bilingual AR Drachm, "Heroic" spear-thruster type, Bop. 13J, MIG 224e, Bop 7A (2.43 g, 16 mm) Obverse:...
Roman Empire: Nerva (18 Sep 96-27/28 Jan 98), AR Denarius, January, 98 AD, Sear 3032, RIC 47, RSC 95, BMC 72 (3.14 g, 18 mm) Nerva's fourth...
In the later part of his reign, Commodus began to show signs of megalomania. He may well have been unhinged by the continual attempts on his life....
Roman Republic: L. Titurius L. f. Sabinus, AR Denarius, 89 BC, Sear 289, Cr344/1a, Syd 698 (3.96 g) The Sabines were the women of the Sabine...
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