@Finn235 : Great OP coin, I haven't seen that type with a swastika (or technically a sauwastika as already pointed out), and that's also a great...
You're being too generous. It's all been downhill since the fall of the Sasanian (Neo-Persian) Empire in 651 AD! :woot: Imagine paying for your...
Ancient Iranian Numismatics: In Memory of David Sellwood. Mostafa Faghfoury (editor). 238 + xxviii pages. UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies...
Nice pick-ups @medoraman , I did take a good look at these group lots but my only multi-coin lot of the sale was a tiny group of 4 Elymais bronzes...
I bid on a few lots. Got outbid on a scarce Arab-Sasanian piece, but I won one Parthian and one Sasanian drachm, plus a group lot of four Elymais...
Thanks @johnmilton for sharing this interesting historical piece, and for the informative write-up. I don't have any relevant collectibles, so...
Very nice, Sasanians are almost as cool as Parthians. (Almost.) Here's Hormazd IV, also from Yazd mint, from my collection: [ATTACH] And since...
Some sort of Celtic or local imitation would be my guess. Just not getting any Persian/etc. vibe from it.
All of these are actually from Japan, 19th century. I will look up catalogue numbers and probably value a little later.
[ATTACH] Roman Republic. AR denarius (19 mm, 3.9 g). Gaius Julius Caesar, as Dictator, with Lucius Aemilius Buca as moneyer. Issued...
Thanks for the kind comments and neat coins, everyone. That great Qarakhanid type with cheetah is new to me, I don't recall ever seeing that...
The top row, left and middle coins appear to be Seleucid, both cite "King Antiochus" but there were quite a few Seleucid kings by that name. Top...
Here's an AE drachm of Kanishka I (reigned c. 120-144 AD, though the exact dates are far from certain) depicting the goddess Nanaia on reverse:...
Just to mix things up, here's a modern coin from Kazakhstan depicting the Soviet Venera 10 spacecraft, which explored the planet Venus: [ATTACH]
Looks like it's a Saint Benedict Medal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Benedict_Medal
I doubt that many, if any, shows will run in Q3 (July-September), but am optimistic that shows from October on will still happen. If they still...
Very nice @SeptimusT ! It's not my specialty, but I do have a few punchmark coins in my collection. Here's one from Magadha, G-H# 443, assigned...
[ATTACH] Bahri Mamluks. AE fals (20 mm). Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari, aka Baybars I (1260-1277 AD). Obverse: Lion (or...
If I can toss in my two prutot... The two major types of Pontius Pilate (already posted in superior examples above): [ATTACH]
I put in for a few, fortunately I responded pretty quickly so maybe I'll get lucky.
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