I've posted it before, but here's a barbarous copy of a Constantine I coin. The designs aren't too bad, but try to read that inscription: [ATTACH]
Your friend was almost right- Schjoth 1121 is a value 3 coin, if yours is a value 2 it is Schjoth 1120. (Schjoth refers to an older but still...
First coin (small grey) looks like a jital of some variety (a type of coin used in Afghanistan/Pakistan/India for several centuries.) There are a...
That coin is not a great strike, but I agree with @Mat , I don't see anything that makes me doubt authenticity. Areas of weak strike are very...
Here's a cheap but interesting coin that I recently acquired: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Phoenicia, Sidon. AE 21. Trajan (98-117 AD). Obverse:...
Thanks for the compliment on my knowledge, I'll try not to let it go to my head :cigar:. Yes, I suppose my numismatic library does look small...
This shelf is solely for my numismatic books: [ATTACH] The rest of my book collection did not want to be photographed, but I can tell you that it...
@dougsmit : Those are two nice coins, and I agree with your reading for both mintmarks as WYH and BYSh, respectively.
Another recent auction win from Frank Robinson: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire, Rayy mint. AR drachm. Hormazd IV (579-590 AD), Royal Year 3....
@Gerald Gosselin : Your son is correct, it is Chinese and from the Qing dynasty. More specifically, it is from the reign of emperor Ren Zong, who...
As @Finn235 showed above, some of the later Indian imitations of Sasanian portraiture got pretty crazy. But to be fair, some of the original...
@Jwt708 : For deciphering the mintmarks and dates on Sasanian drachms, there are two very useful pages over on Forum that you should bookmark:...
This 1913 silver 3 mark coin from Prussia in Germany commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig, a major battle that started the...
Here's another of my wins from Frank Robinson's most recent auction: [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Khusro II (590- 628 AD), Royal Year 7. Herat...
I have this Provincial AE of Domitian from Caesarea Maritime in Judaea, which may or may not have been intended as a Judaea Capta type: [ATTACH]...
@Devin E. Franklin : I think you may be mistaken. Puyi used the nien ho (reign title) Xuan Tong during his reign as emperor of China...
Looks suspiciously like a modern cast fake, a close-up of the edge would help confirm this. You might also want to post this in the "Ancients"...
Your coin is from Annam (Vietnam), time of emperor Thanh Thai (1888-1907), denomination on reverse is 10 van.
Here's the next installment of my recent auction wins: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Hekatompylos mint (?). Arsakes II (211-185 BC). AE dichalkoi...
Very nice obols, especially the Larissa. Here's a Parthian example of Orodes II, which almost completely captures the design of the drachm (they...
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