On the fateful night of 1 June, 2001, shots rang out from Kathmandu’s Narayanhity Palace. In the days that followed, a number of rumors and...
Procopius was a maternal cousin of the Emperor Julian “the Apostate”. In 363, during the latter’s campaign against the Sassanids, he was placed in...
Octavian, AR Denarius, c. 36 BC, mint moving with Octavian, Ex T.R. Hardaker Collection, Syndenham 1338, Sear imperators 315, RBW 1829, Crawford...
In 220 AD, the emperor Elagabalus made the solar deity Elagabal the chief god of the Roman empire, taking precedence over Jupiter and the rest of...
Second Triumvirate: Mark Antony and Octavian, AR Denarius, magistrate M. Barbatius Pollio, Ephesus mint, Spring-Summer 41 BC, Sear 1504, RSC 8,...
Indian Princely States, Awadh: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (AH1263-1272/1847-1856 AD), AR Rupee, AH1269/Ry. 6, Bait al-Sultanate Lakhnau Mulk Awadh...
The reverse of these tiny 1/16 Shekels from Sidon is supposed to depict a Persian king or hero about to slay a lion. However, on most coins I have...
Thessaly, Larissa (c. 344-337 BC), AR Obol, Herrmann Group VII, pl. V, 19; SNG Copenhagen 135 (10 mm, 0.99 g) Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa...
Hi. Any ideas as to which creature this punch on Mauryan PMCs might represent? G&H describes it as a rhinoceros (mark 320), which I find...
Mughal Dynasty: Humayun (First reign: AH937-947, 1530-1540 AD), Bi Bahloli, Shahr-i-Mukkaram Champaner mint, AH942, G&G G404 (9.0 g, 16.5 mm)...
Mughal Empire: Akbar (AH963-1014, 1556-1605 AD), AE Tanka (Double Dam), Gobindpur mint, Ilahi 47, month Ardibihist, KM#38.5 (41.73 g, 27 mm)...
Roman Empire: Gordian III (238-244 AD), AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, 240 AD, RIC 71, Sear 8669, RSC 388 (3.70 g, 22.5 mm) Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS...
India, British East India Company, Madras Presidency: AV Star Pagoda, ND (1740-1806), Fort St. George mint, KM#303, Stevens 1.11, Pr. 9 (3.44 g,...
Lokris Opuntii, AR Triobol, c. 338-316 BC, BCD Lokris-Phokis 98, Nicolet & Oeconomides Group 11, 211-309 (2.57 g, 16 mm) Obverse: Female head...
Calabria, Tarentum: AR Nomos. c. 281-272 BC, Gy-, Sostratos, and Poly-, magistrates; Vlasto 716, HN Italy 1001, SNG ANS 1037 (6.44 g, 22 mm)...
Dehli Sultanate, Khilji Dynasty: Qutb al-Din Mubarak Shah (AH 716–720; 1316–1320 AD), AE Adli, Qutbabad mint, ND, G&G D282, R1011 (2.15 g, 10×12...
Hi Here is a contemporary silver-plated counterfeit of a Mughal (Akbar) rupee from Lahore. Can anyone tell me how the peculiar “grooves” formed...
Crete, Knossos, c. 2nd century BC, Æ12, Svoronos, Numismatique 105; SNG Copenhagen 385 (2.20 g, 12 mm) Probably the most famous legend of Crete...
Mughal Dynasty: Aurangzeb Alamgir (AH1068-1118/1658-1707 AD), AR Rupee, Azimabad (Patna) mint, AH1117/Ry 50, KM#300.16 (11.51 g, 21.39 mm) Patna...
Not the best example, but I definitely wanted one of this type. Was likely worn as an amulet by someone (a soldier, perhaps) soliciting the...
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