As promised, I am starting to post my latest round of auction wins, so I will begin with what I think is the most interesting piece: [ATTACH]...
Still working through a few coins from months ago, trying to catalogue them before my latest auction wins arrive... anyway, hope you enjoy this...
I've been pretty quiet the past few months due to some medical issues, which are getting better now, so hopefully I will have more time to spend...
Here is my first new coin of 2019, from Frank Robinson's latest auction: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm. Peroz (457-484 AD). Obverse: Bust...
Here's my last ancient coin for 2018: [ATTACH] Dabuyid Ispahbads of Tabaristan. Farrukhan the Great (c.711-731 AD). AR hemidrachm (24 mm, 2.1...
For this post, I'm discussing two separate recent coin purchases: [ATTACH] 1. Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Phraates III (c.70-57 BC). Ekbatana...
One of my coins has not yet arrived, so I had to use the seller's photo (see below). As always, the ordering is not very precise. [ATTACH] 1....
This recent purchase was inexpensive, but it has a lot of history behind it. [ATTACH] Khwarezmshahs. "Malik of Kurzuwan." AE jital (3.5 g, 19...
Here's my biggest coin purchase of the last couple of months (in terms of value, coin weight, and adding a new area to my collection): [ATTACH]...
Here's the first of my two wins from Frank Robinson's most recent auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Vologases IV (147-191 AD)....
Due to some financial constraints, it looks like my collecting for a while will be mostly limited to "snacks" , but that doesn't mean I will...
I recently bought this coin from a fixed-price list of Stephen Album: [ATTACH] Kushano-Sasanians. AE chalkos or unit (16 mm). Ardashir I...
I won this coin in Frank Robinson's most recent auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Hekatompylos mint. AR obol (0.44 g, 10 mm). Mithradates I...
I won this coin last month in a John Anthony auction: [ATTACH] Arabia Felix, Himyarite Kingdom. AR Unit or quinarius (1.2 g, 15 mm, scyphate)....
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm (3.68 g, 21 x 16 mm). Phraatakes (2 BC- 4 AD). Mithradatkart mint. Obverse: Diademed bust left, star and...
I won this coin some months ago as part of a group lot (see my earlier thread at...
I am hoping that someone may know more about this small square AE10. I got it as part of a group lot a while ago and have just gotten around to...
Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650. Bradley R. Nelson, editor. 2011. Classical Numismatic...
I recently won this Trajan sestertius in an Agora auction: [ATTACH] Roman Empire. AE sestertius (34 mm, 23.56 g). Trajan (98-117 AD), issued...
I recently won these two Parthian drachms from a CNG auction: [ATTACH] Coin 1. Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm (20.5 mm, 3.79 g). Orodes II (57-38...
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