It's time for another dive into the confusing world of Parthian coin attributions! [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Either "Orodes I...
I've occasionally found small round batteries (i.e. watch battery-type) in my local Coinstar bin. I guess some people just toss any round...
Yes, it's indeed Hormazd IV (579-590), mintmark YZ (Yazd), year is a bit weak but might be Year 6. The Yazd mint is less common in my experience,...
@Sulla80 : After squinting at my copy of Sellwood for a while, I _think_ your OP coin is 78.3 rather than 78.4. The reverse legends for the two...
I've got an elephant on this serrate AE of Antiochus VI: [ATTACH] And on this Indian bronze of the Satavahanas: [ATTACH] But I think I prefer the...
My first instinct is that it's from the later Umayyads of Spain, but that's just off the top of my head. Some experts in Islamic coinage should...
Nisibis is not listed in any list of Sasanian mint cities that I can find (in my admittedly incomplete search). Of course, given how the various...
Nice, I also have an example of this type: [ATTACH]
This is a 5 baht coin from Thailand, dated 2554 of the Buddhist Era (2011 AD). A very common coin, still spendable "pocket change" in Thailand,...
@Sulla80: Cool set, but Im afraid you skipped a Mithradates: Mithradates the Whateverth (III by the old reckoning, IV by Assar), brother of Orodes...
Searching through RIC reveals a listing for an aureus of Hadrian (RIC 144) struck at Rome in AD 121 (AUC 874) with the reverse type "ANN...
Very nice coin @Sallent , I really like the design on Iberian coins in general. Here's a bronze from the city of Ekualakos: [ATTACH]
Those are two very lovely coins Doug, congrats! I am 100% in agreement with you about the importance of eye appeal over technical grade. Sadly,...
I think you have the inscription side upside-down in your photo. The standard inscription for Alexander Jannaeus' coins of this type is...
It copies the design of a coin of the Bar Kochba revolt (132-135 AD), but the inscription is wrong. While it actually does have the correct words...
Awesome! Your coin is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Kingdom of Italy. As was previously mentioned, King Victor...
@medoraman: What I find potentially important here is the fact that essentially the same reverse- Gopadshah facing right with inscription...
??? I'm confused here. The last Sasanian emperor, Yazdegard III, was killed in 651. At this point, essentially all of the former Sasanian...
Interesting. The obverse does kind of look like an imitation of a Parthian obverse with Nike behind king's head. That reverse, though, looks...
Vespasian is one of my favorite emperors, it's hard to pick just one coin so I'll show one I haven't shown much before, a sestertius that I won in...
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