Just thought I'd share my latest acquisition for April 1: [ATTACH] Sultanate of Uqbar. Invisible dirham. Sultan Kadhbat 'Abril (c. 1170- 1140...
@Alegandron and @FitzNigel: FitzNigel's post is correct on both points: The caduceus-like symbol of three circles with a line through it is...
This is a 10 cash coin from China, sometime between 1905 and 1909. The reverse features the Chinese Imperial dragon. The coin does have a date,...
Sounds like fun, I'll give it a try.
@davidharmier60: Your coin is a silver drachm of Varahran I (272-275 AD) of the Sasanian, or New Persian, Empire. Can't tell from the photos...
My only Carthaginian coin is this humble Siculo-Punic bronze, c. 4th century BC: [ATTACH]
"The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World", by Andrea Wulf. It's a biography of Humboldt, who was a scientist, explorer, and...
I just added this 1/8 ahmadi riyal from Yemen, dated AH 1374 (=AD 1954/5). I don't know of any other pentagonal coin types. [ATTACH]
In the case of Galba, a major motive in his murder was anger at perceived mistreatment. Early in his short reign, Galba refused to pay a bonus...
As I said before, I'm not an expert in either Sasanian or Arab-Sasanian, but I own a few and have read a bit on the series, so I'll give an...
No new emperors to add to the list, but here's my Galba: [ATTACH] And a couple of provincials of Elagabalus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Okay, I'll take a crack at it. Q: What do you get when you cross an elephant and a zebu? A: Elephant zebu sine theta. (Trust me, if you are a...
Cool, please count me in!
Interesting, I had never noticed the discrepancy in legend on my coin. RIC only lists this type with DES IT (Claudius 85), not my DESI IT...
Cool! I have an example of the OP Claudius quadrans: [ATTACH] As for the PNR, looks like you've found the two most plausible speculations....
I came home from work today and opened my mailbox, only to find this: [ATTACH] :wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed: :yuck::yuck::yuck::yuck:...
Looks like a copy of a silver tetradrachm of Macedonia, c. 156-148 BC. The reverse inscription "Makedonon protea" means "First (region) of...
Woo-hoo, Sasanian pile-on! Let's start with an obol of the first Sasanian king, Ardashir I (c.224- 240), still wearing a Parthian-style tiara:...
It is definitely Khusro II- name is not very clear, but other aspects of portrait, crown, etc. combined narrow it down to him. Mintmark is almost...
The new photos helped a bit for #8 by showing the other side (still need other side of #5 to ID to a specific emperor). The main problem right...
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