Give it a shot using Valentine: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97296. Attributing them is a lot of fun. :-) Most are attributable....
Complete mint name on reverse bottom, which is rarely encountered in these: [ATTACH]
Nice one. The date is 987.
The mint name and epithet appear in the bottom margin of the reverse. Adding another specimen for comparison. [ATTACH]
This would be the last year of this type for Lahore. I have never seen any with the mint name on-flan though: stylistically attributed to Lahore...
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...
Very nice coins. For the coppers, I recommend Valentine’s Copper Coins of India. It is quite dated, and some readings are incorrect, but still...
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:...
Uneven strike pressure seems to be an issue with many of these. Also, I have found these coins difficult to photograph. I was initially thinking...
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...
Thank you, all, for the inputs.
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”....
Separate names with a comma.
