The mint name and epithet appear in the bottom margin of the reverse. Adding another specimen for comparison. [ATTACH]
This would be the last year of this type for Lahore. I have never seen any with the mint name on-flan though: stylistically attributed to Lahore...
India, Mughal Dynasty: Akbar (AH963-1014, 1556-1605 AD), AR Rupee, Karrah mint, AH973 (11.16 g, 25.96 mm) [ATTACH]
Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera (51-30 BC), AE Diobol (80 Drachmae), Alexandria mint, Svoronos 1871 and pl. LXIII, 3. SNG Copenhagen 419 (17.02 g, 27...
Very nice coins. For the coppers, I recommend Valentine’s Copper Coins of India. It is quite dated, and some readings are incorrect, but still...
Kings of Lydia: Kroisos (c. 564/53-550/39 BC), AR 1/12 Stater, Sardes, Berk 26-7, Traité I 413, SNG Kayhan I 1020-1 (0.84 g, 8 mm) Obverse:...
Uneven strike pressure seems to be an issue with many of these. Also, I have found these coins difficult to photograph. I was initially thinking...
Roman Empire: Trajan (98-117 AD), Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, c. 116-117 AD, RIC 663, Woytek 591 (20.23 g, 34 mm) Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO...
Thank you, all, for the inputs.
I “won” a coin at the last Leu auction, which was stated to be “From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s”....
Very nice examples. Collecting ancient coins with references to mythology is the closest I have come to a “thematic” collection. (My collecting...
Crete, Knossos, c. 300-270 BC, Æ13, Svoronos, Numismatique 77, no. 93; B.M Cameron Plate 49, 27 (1.96 g, 13 mm) Probably the most famous legend...
Despite the resemblance, I don’t think the upper part of the stylized lotus was meant to represent a bucranium.
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Nice coin. Looks to be from the same die as this one on Zeno: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=50270
Mughal Dynasty: Shah Jahan (AH1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD), AR Rupee, Multan mint, AH1060/Ry 24, KM#235.19 (11.47 g) Complete mint name in the left...
India, Gupta Dynasty: Chandagupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) (c. 380-414 AD), AV Dinara, Archer type, Shivlee A4 (7.65 g, 18.89 mm) Obverse:...
I process images on my Laptop and combine them using Paint as well. When I have to use the phone/tablet, sites such as this one help:...
Try keeping the iPhone over a stack of books for maximum stability and same-sized obverse and reverse images. You can use the earphones as a...
Indo-Greek: Menander I (c. 160-130 BC), Bilingual AR Drachm, "Heroic" spear-thruster type, Bop. 13J, MIG 224e, Bop 7A (2.43 g, 16 mm) Obverse:...
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