The Italian coin is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy. One of my favorite Italian coins of the early 20th century:...
@StephKauai: Bottom coin is an Indo-Scythian drachm, not sure which king but I can make out the control marks of the Taxila mint. The other two...
I have several coins of Trajan, but will limit myself to what is probably my favorite, the Rex Parthis Datus sestertius which commemorates...
There are a few Parthian bronzes with Greek deities on the reverse, mainly because there was a significant Hellenized population in many of the...
I think your coin is from late in the Kidarite kingdom of Central Asia (roughly Afghanistan/Uzbekistan-ish area) around 5th-6th century AD. For...
The obverse has the reign title of Jia Qing (1796-1820). However, charms were sometimes made with old reign titles long after the fact, as a sign...
From left to right: Showa 56 (1981), Showa 60 (1985), Showa 57 (1982).
Unfortunately, it looks like you have the far more common Y#190 variety. Type C #19-7 was the last cash coin from the Guangdong mint to be cast...
Very nice OP coin! I have an 1891 that is not quite as nice. All hail King Baby! [ATTACH]
Here's my first coin purchased in 2018: [ATTACH] Bruttium, Brettian League (c.211-208 BC). AE Unit (obol?) (22mm, 8.3g). Obverse: Bust of Zeus...
The only scarcer Empress I have is Antonia Minor, who was (deep breath) the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, niece of Augustus, sister-in-law...
Collectors of US Civil War tokens will be familiar with this famous type: The reverse legend reads "shoot him on the spoot" rather than "spot"....
I especially like the designs of Italian coins from the early 20th century. The Italian king, Victor Emmanuel III, was an avid numismatist who...
Pretty sure I see a casting seam along the edge, plus the overall mushiness of details (especially on the reverse) is typical of a cast. I say...
Islamic coinage is a vast collecting area, covering a huge number of dynasties, kingdoms, and miscellaneous coin-issuing entities, spread out over...
The Japanese 1 yen is dated Showa 32 (=1957 AD). The Thai 1 baht has a date in the Buddhist calendar and written in Thai numerals, but I can't...
Nice! Here's an example of the same type (63.6) but with a nice double-strike on the reverse: [ATTACH] And of course my facing portrait...
That's a great gift, mad props to @hoth2 for such generosity! I have read that book and can confirm that it is a good read. There was some...
Looks like a bronze follis of the Byzantine ruler Michael II (820-829 AD) in association with Theophilas. (Ref: Sear Byzantine Coins 1642). But...
I think it's 1739. Nice coin!
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