This AR dirham of the Ilkhan ruler Ghazan Mahmud (694-703 AH/1295-1304 AD) features a hawk on the reverse: [ATTACH]
@Gavin Richardson : Mintmarks on Sasanian coins start with Varhran IV (388-399) and dates start a while later, by the late Sasanian period both...
I just wanted to add a few comments. 1. Everyone is saying that the portrait on my OP coin looks like a zombie. Well, when I first posted it, I...
He probably looked something like this: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm (30 mm). Khusro II (590- 628), Royal Year 21. Meshan mint. Obverse: Crowned bust of Khusro right,...
The online dealer Joel Anderson sells mixed world coins by the pound. I haven't bought the bulk coins from him so can't comment directly on their...
The Late Roman bronze "Fel Temp Reparatio" reverses are so common, we tend to sort of tune them out and not notice dynamic battlefield scene they...
The Chinese coin (with center hole) is of the "Ban Liang" type (Hartill 7), these were issued (with many variations) from around 350 BC to 119 BC....
What? No, I'm not addicted at all, I swear! I can quit any time I want! I just don't want to quit...
Nice! I have a 1 Franc from Katanga, which seceded from Congo in 1960 but was forcibly re-integrated in 1963. The coin shows a "Katanga cross",...
[ATTACH] Roman Republic. AE as. c.169-158 BC. Obverse: Bearded face(s) of Janus left and right. Reverse: Ship's prow, ROMA beneath, VARO...
My budget example of the type ($22 from Harlan Berk's junk box): [ATTACH]
Cool! We use a lot of Zeiss microscopes and optical equipment in the lab where I work.
All appear to be cast fakes. Hope you didn't pay much for them.
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Ekbatana mint. AE dichalkoi (13 mm, 1.30 g). Orodes II (c.57-38 BC). Obverse: Diademed bust of Orodes II left,...
Very nice coins everyone. Axumite coinage is definitely interesting, it's one of the areas I've had to actively prevent myself from going into...
China, Qianlong period (1736-1795), mintmark is Fuzhou in Fujian Province. A very common coin, worth maybe a dollar or so, but still very cool to...
Neat, I think it makes Jackson look like a demented Jack-in-the-box. I picked up this example at the Baltimore coin show a few years ago, mainly...
A very nice and eclectic group, the sort that I might choose for myself :) . Beware with the Parthian bronzes, though- you can drive yourself mad...
Well, I have to leave something for the sequel.
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