This imitation of a Constantine with two Victories reverse is still pretty recognizable in the designs, but the legend gives it away: [ATTACH]
I won a couple of Sasanian drachms- nothing very rare or high-grade, but I'll be taking my own photos and posting write-ups when they arrive: [ATTACH]
On high-grade examples of the OP coin, you can see that the "emperor" is laureate rather than crowned; this is why Spengler and Sayles supported...
It's from the Zengid atabegs of Sinjar, Qutb al-Din Muhammad b. Zengi (reigned 594-616 AH/ 1197-1219 AD). Spengler/Sayles type 81.1 (variety with...
Parthians? Nope, never heard of 'em...
Almost all drachms, yes. The only Parthian drachms without a seated archer reverse are those of Vonones I as shown above by @Sulla80 , some rare...
Excellent write-up @Pavlos ! I don't have any Seleucid coins of Ekbatana, but the city was one of the most prolific Parthian mints, so how a...
This looks like a copy of a Korean "horse warrant" token. (Korea used Chinese written characters for most of its history.) These (well, the...
I heartily recommend Mary Renault's trilogy on Alexander (Fire From Heaven, The Persian Boy, and Funeral Games). Well-researched, and also...
@7Calbrey : Abgar V, whose biography you found, is from the early 1st century AD; Abgar X, on your coin, is about 200 years later (contemporary of...
Looks like Abgar X of Osrhoene with Gordian III. Here's one from my collection: [ATTACH]
On further review, the ruling on the field is changed... Reading the inscription in front of the portrait, I think I can make out K R Sh T,...
Here's my last ancient coin for 2018: [ATTACH] Dabuyid Ispahbads of Tabaristan. Farrukhan the Great (c.711-731 AD). AR hemidrachm (24 mm, 2.1...
I voted "Oriental Greek", just because that's where the Parthian coins are usually listed in auction catalogues, but I would have preferred the...
Numismatic authorities are seeking the following person for questioning: [ATTACH]
Hi @LaCointessa ! Glad to see you back again, it's been a while since you posted here. Hope you are doing well and will be visiting the forum...
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