Nice pickup, Doug! I have an example of that type: [ATTACH] As far as I know all of the Tabaristan coinage has the mint name of TAPWRSTAN, and...
Cool! I have various Persis coins that I never got around to photographing, but here's one I did: a bronze of the last king of Persis, Ardashir...
Hard to pick just one, but my favorite coin (that I own) is probably this silver tetradrachm of the Parthian king Artabanos II (10-38 AD), struck...
A little Googling turned up this from the Missouri Journal of Numismatics:...
Some people call him a space cowboy Some call him the gangster of love Some people call him Maurice Tiberius... The only Byzantine photo I have...
Thought I'd share one more coin that I bought recently from Ancient Imports (before I receive my wins from Frank Robinson's latest auction):...
I've got a couple of sestertii of M. Aurelius, one commemorating his victory over the Parthians and one calling him the Restorer of Italy:...
"I'm Mister Crowbar. And this is my friend, who is also a crowbar." [ATTACH] I did once voluntarily buy a slabbed ancient, a scarce early...
It appears all your coins are from the German state of Wurttemberg- the middle one reads "WURTTEM" (starting at about 2 o'clock) and the shield...
I've been on a bit of a buying spree recently, and here's another cool new pickup: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Ekbatana mint. ?Meherdates (49-50...
I recently won my first siliqua from John Anthony's auction: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Treveri mint. AR siliqua (18mm, 1.6g). Arcadius (383-408)....
Cool! My earliest round Chinese coin is a Hartill 6.3 that I bought many years ago from Frank Robinson: [ATTACH]
Nice OP coin @Sallent, it fits in with my belief that well-worn coins can still be attractive. I've shared it before, but here's a denarius...
Modern copy, looks cast.
Here's my latest acquisition from Ancient Imports: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Rome mint. AE dupondius (26mm, 9.47g). Antonia, struck under Claudius...
Well, I've got a few coins of Trajan: [ATTACH] And here's a denarius of Hadrian from the first year of his reign: [ATTACH]
Looks like you've found the most widely available coin of Genghis (or Chinghiz, to use the currently preferred transliteration), a billon jital of...
Personally, I would keep the first one. But ultimately you have to decide for yourself which coin will make you happier with your collection.
I bought this coin some months ago for $6 unattributed. It is an AE18, and I quickly realized it was a typical Ptolemaic bronze with Zeus on...
And to keep it numismatic, here's proud father Vespasian with his sons Titus and Domitian: [ATTACH]
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