Thanks for the kind wishes @Ed Snible and @THCoins. As for the "shackles" on my coin's elephant, I had thought that was just a die crack (given...
I've been pretty quiet the past few months due to some medical issues, which are getting better now, so hopefully I will have more time to spend...
The year of the OP coin is 1400 AH (=November 21, 1979-November 10, 1980.)
Looks like I'm late to the party... Just want to confirm that it is Phraates IV from Mithradatkart, with eagle behind the head, and the weird...
I think it is from the Seljuks of Rum, probably Qilij Arslan IV, 2nd reign (655-664 AH/ 1257-1266 AD). Your coin is an almost perfect match for...
Here's my bronze of Ardashir I, featuring reverse of the goddess Anahita in a throne or niche: [ATTACH]
Well, nothing in the OP said it could only be Roman emperors ;) Phraates V, or Phraatakes ("little Phraates") ruled over Parthia from 2 BC to 4...
Nice drachms everyone! Here's my Hormazd IV from the mint of Yazd: [ATTACH]
I've got two Trajan sestertii related to his attempts at regime change in the Middle East, one Rex Parthis Datis (A King Given to Parthia) and one...
Looks like it's probably an official strike, but poor style. Mintmark is most likely to be A (uncertain site in Media), while the year seems to...
I just posted my only coin win from the latest Frank Robinson auction in a new thread:...
Here is my first new coin of 2019, from Frank Robinson's latest auction: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm. Peroz (457-484 AD). Obverse: Bust...
Cambodia, no date but issued c. 1847. Looks like the 1/8 Tical denomination, KM# 32.1. The design is a "Hamza bird", whatever that is o_O.
Yep, just concurring on the ID as Elymais. The coins appear to be genuine, and as Doug pointed out above, are common and not worth much...
My first ancient coin was this AE3 of Constantius II, bought (unattributed) from a local coin store near my college for $3.00 in about 1992/3:...
I've spent a little time now trying to read a mint name on the reverse and have not found anything definite- it almost fits Urumi, but I don't...
Agree that it's Persian Civic Copper. These were struck by a lot of different cities in Iran (and Afghanistan) for a couple of centuries, with...
Very nice write-up @Jochen ! I'm pretty sure a hoard of Hormazd II drachms hit the market a few years ago- I remember them being a lot scarcer...
(checks cards in wallet) "Let's see, I'm an Elk, a Mason, a Communist, I'm the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance for some reason..."...
This is an early Umayyad gold dinar, these do not have a ruler or mint city listed on the coin (though they were almost certainly struck at...
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