I have a couple from China (I'm fortuitously working on cataloguing my Chinese collection right now). First, another spade coin, but different...
Nice! There's just something about a lifetime Julius Caesar coin... [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Samanids. AR multiple dirham (7.74 g, 42 mm). No mint. Nuh III (976-997 CE), no date. Obverse: Standard legend with kalima in...
Today (June 15) I finally received two coins that I won at an auction at the beginning of April. So, about 10 days after the auction's close, I...
[ATTACH] Bolivia. Potosi mint. Melgarejo (equivalent to 1 peso or 8 soles). 1865. Obverse: Bust of Melgarejo left in military uniform, Spanish...
[ATTACH] Zengids of Mosul. Mint of "al-Jazira". AE dirham (30 mm, 13.94 g). 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I (1180-1193 CE/576-589 AH), dated 577 AH (1181...
[ATTACH] Buyids (Buwayhids). Shiraz mint. AR drachm. 'Adud al-Dawla (338-372 AH/949-983 CE), dated 357 AH (967-8 CE). Obverse and reverse:...
Type is definitely of the Shun Zhi Emperor (1644-1661), reverse is Board of Revenue mint in Beijing, Hartill 22.70. But the Manchu calligraphy on...
Nice! I picked up an example of this type at the Baltimore show last November, on mine the countermark is a lot smaller and less obvious: [ATTACH]
Um, is this a late April Fool's joke? Surely the ability to read cursive script hasn't disappeared that quickly?
You might want to contact Stephen Album Rare Coins, they auction a lot of Chinese coins (in addition to their staple Islamic auctions) and might...
Here's an as of Domitian I picked up a few years ago because I liked the portrait: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Lu'lu'ids. Mosul mint. Badr al-Din Lu'lu' (1234-1259 CE/631-657 AH), dated 631 AH. AE dirham. Obverse: Classical head left in square,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia-on-the-Tigris mint. Billon tetradrachm (25 mm, 11.32 g). Vologases III (c.111-146 CE), dated Periteios 433...
My lifetime JC, issued January-February 44 BCE, just a couple of months before his assassination: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Seljuks of Rum. AR dirham. Kayka'us II, first sole reign (1246-1249 CE). Obverse: Inscription within square. Reverse: Inscription...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR obol. Mithradatkart mint. Orodes II (57- 38 BC). Obverse: Diademed bust of king left. Reverse: Seated archer...
How about Prince Edward Island? Though there were several tokens in the 19th century, the sole official coinage was the 1871 1 cent: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm. Yazdegard I (399-420 AD). Obverse: Bust of Yazdegard I right, legend in Pahlavi script around giving his...
Well, it is from the "Collection of a Perfectionist". How much should you pay for perfect coins? :woot:
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