Excellent coins. I love the second one, in particular.
It was one of the auctions that did not use biddr checkout, and I had submitted the pre-bid a couple of days before the actual auction. Not sure...
Hi Here is a contemporary silver-plated counterfeit of a Mughal (Akbar) rupee from Lahore. Can anyone tell me how the peculiar “grooves” formed...
My new year began with the pleasant surprise of finally having “won” a Julius Caesar portrait denarius at a reasonable price. Turns out biddr...
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...
When I was new to Roman coins, I missed “Subaerat” (towards the end, just before the provenance info) in a German listing I thought I could “read”...
Glad to hear of the improvement and wishing you strength. Sharing a series of Denarii from my collection thought to depict duels of Marcus...
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...
Sicily, Syracuse, under tyrant Hiketas II (287-278 BC), Æ 20, SNG ANS 812, Calciati 157, Ex. Lord Grantley Collections (7.47 g, 20 mm) Obverse:...
For the Jaipur ones, see here: https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2945. The two square coppers are of Bundi, citing George V:...
Give it a shot using Valentine: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97296. Attributing them is a lot of fun. :-) Most are attributable....
Complete mint name on reverse bottom, which is rarely encountered in these: [ATTACH]
Nice one. The date is 987.
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:...
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