A large photo archive of Samanid multiple dirhams is at zeno.ru here: https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1100
The OP sestertius is excellent. I have the Birley book, which is very good, and Michael Grant's The Severans which is not one of his better...
Even Album has changed his numbering between the second and fourth editions. The Nūḥ with this listing in the fourth edition: "Nūḥ II (b....
Mitchiner's World of Islam is the most available source. However, it is far from complete and even has some errors (according to reviewers). By...
Samanid coins. Multiple dirhams. The fabled Silk Road cities of Balkh, Samarkand, and Bukhara were large and prosperous cites that were centers...
The boy-riding-dolphin type of Taras (= Tarentum, on the inside of the heel of Italy's boot) is very well known and comes with many varieties....
"TS" is the usual abbreviation for "Thessalonica" on tetrarchal coins after 294 in RIC VI. So, the "S" is not secunda, but part of "Thessalonica."...
I find it interesting that Greek cities usually issued coins of different denominations with the same design. Anyone can tell a tetradrachm from a...
That's a great story. There are a lot of nice people in this hobby.
The bar above the CH indicates an abbreviation. It is very common on Byzantine coins. For example, the IS XS (Jesus Christus) on anonymous folles...
Under Justinian (527-565) the city we know as Antioch changed its name to Theopolis (Theoupolis) "City of God." Obviously, mintmarked coins would...
@dougsmit makes a good point. Slabs do provide a lot of protection and for a high-value coin that can be important. My coins are not at the level...
Splendid coins! It is too bad that they are submitted to be entombed in slabs. I hope the next owner cracks them out so they can exhibit all their...
I added that link to the site of links. Yes. That one is under "Other cultures." I solicit recommendations for links to other educational...
Welcome to CoinTalk! I agree with @Severus Alexander .
For a long time I have maintained a site of links to other web sites on ancient coins: "Some Educational Websites about Ancient Coins"...
About quarter-folles. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/qf/ The linked "frequency" page http://augustuscoins.com/ed/qf/frequency.html says about the...
I recommend you read Doug's entire post above and pay attention to the points he is making. If a modern coin is made to be nearly perfect by a...
Yes, I am the author of that website. I, too, am a book lover and have the ancient-coin-book library to prove it. However, none of my coin...
Vetranio issued six AE types and they were issued in his name and the name of Constantius II, and some for Constantius Gallus. Most would...
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