Thanks.. unfortunately i don't collect much greek or Roman coins like most members here. Living in Asia, my theme is primarily Asian hence...
I really like your jital.. very hard to get a specimen as well centred as yours..these are not quiet AE but billon as they were found to contain...
Nice piece!! the legends are very clear and very well preserved.. congrats with this awesome piece too
Thanks.. You have also a very significant coin associated with Genghis Khan. In fact yours carry a tragic tale being a seige coin and no survivors...
Well the Mongols were not strong a threat during Genghis lifetime to really do that. Many often over exaggerated the extent of his Empire during...
He was just in the beginning throes of his empire.. the Khwarezm thought they could bully the Mongols.. they were dead wrong
Thanks.. You have a very cool specimen as well.. I have some others that are attributed to him but not in his name or title.. They were usually...
Genghis Khan. Gold In his name. Gold Dinar. Bukhara mint, circa 618-624 AH. Album-1964. Very rare! Some strike weakness but unusually completrle...
There were exceptions such as clergy..Most were happy to just pay to keep.. Perhaps not that expensive or widely enforced..Naturally it did not...
They also have a latter reissue known as Novodel or restrikes. Basically later Russian nobility found these pretty intriguing and had restrikes...
Haha.. Peter wanted to modernise Russia in the inage of Europe. One that was fashionable at the time not to have beards..It eventually died off..
Thanks.. Actually all are counterstamped as a form of officiating the coin.. Mine however was originally gold gilted indicating the owner really...
Russia. Peter the Great. Beard token. 1705. Original narrow beard variant (non Vorodel). Traces of gold plating. Gold plated VF. Very rare....
Hi.. This is a later Shu coin from the Ten Kingdoms period.. before the establishment of the Song Dynasty. Just after the fall of the Tang
Back in 2016, I posted about the only female Emperor of China. Given the coins rarity and her personality, I resigned to the fact that itnwould be...
oh you meant the 1982 ones? those sre historic..the first pandas ever issued..
Thanks.. China does not issue gold or even silver unless for very special situations such as rewards or commemoratives. Even those are usually...
Thanks.. I was quiet happy and fortunate to obtain this piece as my key piece for 2021. Being a Asian and Chinese coin collector, historical...
Thanks.. Happy to share..:happy:
Thanks.. @AncientJoe piece is indeed astounding too and he managed to present it in a very beautiful display which I deeply admire.. Ying 郢 was...
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