I need help identifying some coins!

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by JayAg47, Sep 11, 2020.

  1. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    So I have these unattributed coins that I'd like to get their id.
    1) This Islamic coin appears to be unusual in that it has an iconography of a horse and a horseman. The only other Islamic coin with a horseman is that of the 12th-century Ghorid dynasty without Arabic, and this coin is not that!
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    2) Another Islamic coin, I have no idea about this coin other than the design looking pretty compared to the other bland Arabic coins!
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    3) This appears to be a Persian/Sassanian with a fire altar, but can anyone pin down a place and time?
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  3. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    Last one looks something like this.

    265-295 AD (circa) AE Drachm Governor Meze Hormizd I Kushanshah Gandhara Mint.jpg
    Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom
    Governor Meze under Hormizd I Kushanshah
    Gandhara Mint
    c. 265-295 CE
    AE Drachm | 3.43 grams | 17mm
    Ref: Mitchiner ACW# 1284v​
     
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  4. THCoins

    THCoins Well-Known Member

    First coin with the horseman is Seljuk.
    (And there are lots more Islamic dynasties which issued horseman coins than just the Ghorids !)
     
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  5. jtlartgallery

    jtlartgallery Active Member

    I think the second coin is Ayyubid
    Principality of Aleppo Alzahir -Ghazi 599H
    Balog no.668
     
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  6. dltsrq

    dltsrq Grumpy Old Man

    [edited] On #2, the decade تسعين ("ninety") and digit ثمان ("eight") of the date are legible in the margins, thus AH [5]98 (AD 1202). The left image (reverse) cites the 'Abbasid caliph: al-imam / al-Nasir. The image on the right (obverse) reads al-malik / al-Zahir. Obverse as Balog 668, reverse as Balog 667. Interesting.

    #1 is Seljuks of Rum, Kaykhusraw I ibn Qilij Arslan. Album 1202.
     
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