[ATTACH] Turco-Hephthalites. AR drachm (with AV plug). Vasu Deva (c. 600-719). Design based on Sasanian prototype of Khusro II. Obverse: Bust...
In the second row, the leftmost coin portrait resembles Antoninus Pius, and the reverse of large SC was often used on coins from Antioch....
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia on the Tigris mint. AR/billon tetradrachm. Vologases IV (147-191 CE), dated Apellaios 464 Seleukid Era (=...
@paschka : Your coin is of Ardashir I (c.224- 241), the first Sasanian king and the only one shown on his own coins wearing a Parthian-style...
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...
Rotate the second photo 90 degrees to the left, it's a ship's prow with Phoenician inscription below. Coins from Arados in Phoenicia have a very...
[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:...
Ah, okay. I misunderstood your question. I have no idea where that mysterious two-digit true date is supposed to be on the coin, I don't see...
[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...
Well, if everything you've read says the date is on the bottom of the reverse, then everything you've read is wrong. The date is outlined in red...
A neat group of coins, the kind I like to find in a junk box. The two Chinese cash are: 1. (upside down) Dao Guang (1821-1850) mint of Dongchuan...
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...
The Parthians conquered a large portion of former Seleucid lands, and at least one of the cities named by Seleucus I, Laodicea in Media, issued...
[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-...
Qing Dynasty, Emperor Ren Zong, Jiaqing period (1796-1820), mint of Fuzhou in Fujian Province. Hartill 22.503 (Hartill lists this as "Coastal...
Coin #3 seems to show a head with African features and wearing a bandana. This reminds me of the traditional flag and coat-of-arms of Corsica:...
@eddiespin : I think I was unclear with my statement. When I wrote "For examples, go to..." I meant that that search term would bring up examples...
[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...
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