A stands for Abbasid Caliphate, mint of Arminiya, silver dirham, 145 AH (762/3 AD): [ATTACH]
At 200 pounds (about 225 US dollars), yes, I'd definitely buy it. There are more up-to-date works on many of the specific areas covered, and if...
Although there's still two months left in the year (including the Baltimore show at the end of this month), I'm almost certain that I've already...
That's a very worthwhile coin by itself, the pedigree adds to the interest, and if that famous former owner were also an ancestor of mine, I'd...
Indeed, Frank is a good guy and has lots of good "meat and potatoes" coins in his lists and auctions, though I've also noticed a lot more...
Annam (Vietnam), 1 phan. Inscription is Thuong Nguyen Thong Bao. This is listed in Toda in the "doubtful" section, post-1600. Here's a page...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Amul mint. AR drachm. Khusro I (531-579). Regnal Year 20. Obverse: Bust of king right, name before. Reverse:...
Xianfeng (1851-61), 10 cash, Board of Works mint. There were a huge number of high-denomination multiple cash coins issued during the Xianfeng...
Very interesting OP coin! I have this Umayyad AE fals that was overstruck on a late Roman AE3 (you can see some of the original Roman letters at...
The later Kushan staters can tend to be pretty debased in gold content. Perhaps your coin has a high percentage of silver in the alloy?
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Lead pashiz (17 mm, 3.76 g). Varhran V (420- 438). Obverse: Bust of king right, uncertain symbol in front....
[ATTACH] Japan. AR 1 yen. Meiji 16 (1883 AD). Multiple Chinese merchant or banker chopmarks on obverse and reverse, plus on reverse character...
... and I think I like this one even more than the previous one: [ATTACH] Celtic Central Europe and Asia Minor. AR drachm (2.80 g). c.2nd...
Slabbing is definitely a very personal decision. I don't like slabs for ancients and, if this were my coin, I would crack it. However, I can't...
... but this one looked cool and the price was right: [ATTACH] Carpathian Celts. c.3rd-1st century BC. AR reduced tetradrachm. Imitation of...
Hi @Mammothtooth , In another thread you asked for more information about this coin. I didn't want to crowd that thread, but here's a bit of...
[ATTACH] Indo-Parthian countermark on Parthian host coin. Host coin: Phraates IV (38-2 BC), Margiana mint (Sellwood type 52.19) AR drachm (2.74...
I have a backlog of coins that I haven't shared yet, so instead of procrastinating until I can produce thorough write-ups, I'm just going to go...
Nice explanation by @The Eidolon above of Pinyin versus Wade-Giles, and era titles versus names. Personally I strongly prefer Pinyin and avoid...
Yeah, the bottom one in the OP is a modern copy. The giveaway is the weird stippling in the blank areas of field (this looks different from...
Separate names with a comma.
