Um, "debate about stabbing"? Freudian slip there? ;)
@chrsmat71: I think your ID to Rajaraja Chola is correct. My sources are Richard Plant's "Greek, Semitic, and Asiatic Coins and How to Read Them"...
I've been to a lot of museums of art and archaeology, but going through my digital photos this is the only group of coins I could find: an exhibit...
Here's my example of the OP's type: [ATTACH] A different Arab-Byzantine design: the obverse type is referred to as "Standing Caliph", and on the...
Re: 3, The design does resemble the gold guinea of the time. However, it doesn't look like it's made of gold, definitely a coppery color to it....
Hello, and welcome! Here's what I found after a quick search: 1. Belgium, 5 francs, 1939, composition is nickel. This is the variety KM#117,...
Just wanted to add my emphatic second to @John Anthony's book recommendation. I have this book, and have found it to be incredibly useful. Get...
Well, I can start with a couple of Phoenicians: [ATTACH] Sidon, King 'Abd'ashtart I (c. 365-356 BC). [ATTACH] Arados, 2nd century BC. Next, the...
Sounds like a wonderful opportunity to meet this man, and that's a very nice example of the Rex Parthis Datus sestertius. Here's my example: [ATTACH]
@arashpour: Good question on the weight. A major problem with using weight of Arab-Sasanian coins to determine authenticity is that many (but not...
After further research, I don't think there are any letters missing, just my knowledge of the series is missing :) . So, let me fully explain my...
@icerain: No problem, identifying these coins is a real challenge. While looking carefully at the portrait (especially the crown) and other...
@dougsmit, That's a very pleasant little Parthian bronze, thanks! And your nature photography is beautiful, too.
@icerain: I am puzzled by your attribution to Hormazd V or VI- the script in front of the face is a bit hard to read, but it looks nothing like...
Hello @arashpour, and welcome! I am not an expert in this series (I just got started collecting Arab-Sasanian coins), but I will give it a try....
I know I've got at least a couple of ancient coins with birds, but I don't seem to have photographs of any. However, birding is my other main...
Nice coin @Sallent, you're correct that it does seem to be the most common denarius type for Augustus (in general, though you have a scarcer...
A few good non-catalogue coin books: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@ro1974: I like your OP coin, that's a good example of how a coin can still have nice eye appeal even if it's not a perfect "investment"-grade coin.
Very cool! Later coins in the series are in billon or copper, but carry the same basic design with just the legend changed. Here's my example,...
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