[ATTACH] Indo-Sasanian. Early period (c. 6th century CE). AR drachm (3.85 g). Obverse: Somewhat degraded Sassanian-style bust, similar to...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian (Umayyad Caliphate). Darabgard mint. AR drachm. Ziyad ibn Abi Sufjan (665-674 CE/45-55 AH), dated 43 AH (frozen date)....
This year started off slowly for me, but by the end I managed to purchase some very nice coins. No "bucket list" pieces, but I ended up with some...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian. AR drachm (33 mm, 3.43 g). Herat mint. Governor Salm ibn Ziyad (c. 61-65 AH/680-684 CE), dated 67 AH. Obverse: Bust...
[ATTACH] Kushan Kingdom. Taxila mint. AE drachm. Wima Kadphises (c. 113-127). Obverse: King standing, right hand sacrificing over small...
[ATTACH] Turco-Hephthalites. AR drachm (with AV plug). Vasu Deva (c. 600-719). Design based on Sasanian prototype of Khusro II. Obverse: Bust...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia on the Tigris mint. AR/billon tetradrachm. Vologases IV (147-191 CE), dated Apellaios 464 Seleukid Era (=...
Here, as usual, is my brief, highly personal and biased, recap of my day at the Whitman Baltimore Coin Expo. This year I attended on the first...
[ATTACH] Samanids. Bukhara mint. AE fals (26 mm, 4.06 g). Nasr II b. Ahmad (914-943 CE), dated 305 AH (917 CE). Album 1452. This coin:...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Lead unit (3.02 g, 14 mm). Shahpur II (309- 379). Obverse: Bust right, symbol before of double arrowhead(?)....
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AE pashiz (12 mm, 0.35 g). Kavad I, second reign (499- 531). Obverse: Bust of king right, star behind and crescent...
I won these two coins as part of a group lot in a recent Stephen Album auction: [ATTACH] Coin 1: Ilkhans, Amul mint. AR dirham. Type A (Arabic...
[ATTACH] Roman Empire, Rome mint. AE sestertius (20.1 g, 27 mm). Septimius Severus (193- 211), struck 196. Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed...
Just received this envelope in the mail from an eBay seller in Canada: [ATTACH] I just about plotzed when I saw that nice, big tear on the edge-...
[ATTACH] Armenian-Sasanian. AR drachm (2.97 g, 31 mm). Imitation of Sasanian drachm of Hormazd IV (579-590), Year 6, struck probably in the...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Billon drachm (2.98 g, 18 mm). Nisa mint. Artabanos IV (c.10- 38 CE). Obverse: Bust left, crescent and star...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian, Eastern Sistan series. AR drachm (3.48 g, 31 mm). No date visible, c. late 8th century CE. Obverse: Imitation of...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Persian Kingdom. AR drachm 30 mm, 3.93 g). Khusro I (531-579), Year 46. Mintmark BH. Obverse: Bust of king right, name...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah ibn Amir (c. 661-664 CE), dated 43 AH (frozen date). AR drachm (3.75 g, 31 mm). Obverse: Copy of Sasanian...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Treasury mint. Khusro III (c.631-2 CE), Year 2. AR drachm (3.47 g, 29 mm). Obverse: Beardless bust of king left,...
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