Many of the dots would originally have been characters in Pahlavi script.
The Morgan melt down: Pittman Act 1918 I found this post on "The Morgan melt down: Pittman Act 1918" interesting and have nominated it...
Nice coin! Lots of detail visible.
This coin is one of the many imitations, that carried on for centuries, of the Sassanian drachm design used from about 300-650 AD in Persia. The...
One of these showed up on a CT thread a while ago. I don't recall anything was concluded other than it is most probably a fantasy piece.
I received it, thanks.
TRIVIA: Early Coin Denominations I found this post on "TRIVIA: Early Coin Denominations" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for...
Great thread, Clinker.
Glad you've enjoyed your time here so far Anthony, I can tell you've learned a great deal.
Excellent post and history!
Exhibit: 1840 (O) 50C Reverse of 1838 ,A date without a home. I found this post on "Exhibit: 1840 (O) 50C Reverse of 1838 ,A date without a...
Exhibit: BELGIUM 10 SOLS 1790 - Photographed not long ago - Drusus I found this post on "Exhibit: BELGIUM 10 SOLS 1790 - Photographed not long...
I agree, the design on those coins is very nice, that closeup photo shows great detail.
If it may help you in researching the gold coin, my guess, without much real evidence, that it comes from the Great Seljuq Empire, from about the...
I would certainly like to know what you find out about it. I did some looking for it but the writing is a bit beaten up. Good photos by the way,...
These coins are scarce and fairly valuable and well worth keeping safe, particularly from humidity, etc. By the way, both sides of the 'Abbasid...
The Arabic dirham is 'Abbasid, from the reign of Al-Ma'mun, minted in the city of Samarkand in AH 206 (about 821 AD).
I don't think it is RPM#7, or even RPM#8. The mint mark on your coin is closer to the 4 than those two varieties.
Your first coin is Sassanian, from the arrangement of symbols on the reverse and obverse crown style I think it is Peroz I, in either year 1 or 2...
Wish I could go. Based on the conversation in this thread, sounds like it will be an interesting get-together.
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