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<p>[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 3292596, member: 99531"]After the somewhat heartbreaking experience of writing an epic top 10 of 2018 thread only to have it crash and disappear (unsaved!), I've decided to start over and instead post my most exciting/ interesting acquisitions of late 2018 and early 2019. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its really hard for me to choose a favourite with so many different flavours - I'm looking forward to the Hunnic, Sasanian, and early Islamic additions to my collection and the Gaul stater, the Selge stater and the Hadrian Drachm make me smile ear to ear.</p><p>All nicely sized coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>NORTHWEST GAUL. Coriosolites. Ca. 100-50 BC. BI stater Jersey Moon Head type.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]870780[/ATTACH] </p><p>Head right, hair in large spiral curls / Horse right, lyre below. D&T 2334. NGC Ch VF 5/5 - 2/5, scuffs. </p><p>Weight 5.39 g </p><p>Diameter 20mm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/4350202.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.36 g, 3h). Mint VIII (“Susa”?). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with <i>korymbos</i> and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1a, style K and pl. 27, A28 and A29 (same dies); Sunrise –. VF, areas of toning</p><p>Weight 4.36g </p><p>Diameter 27mm</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Stater 370-360 BC v. Chr. Ancient Greece from Selge (370-360 BC)</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><img src="https://img.ma-shops.com/denarius/pic/combined29013.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font size="4">Selge in Pisidia, statér dated 370-360 BC. Grading: VF. Adv: Wrestlers. Rev: Slinger og triskeles. References: Sear (1997) 5472. </font></p><p><font size="4">Weight: 10,8 g</font></p><p><font size="4">Diameter 22mm</font></p><p><b><font size="6"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6">Egypt, Alexandria: Hadrian</font></b></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/212/T/6/ty2PA3dGeRq74RrGzCN6S9iL8aATB5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/212/T/6/ty2PA3dGeRq74RrGzCN6S9iL8aATB5.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/212/T/6/ty2PA3dGeRq74RrGzCN6S9iL8aATB5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/212/T/6/ty2PA3dGeRq74RrGzCN6S9iL8aATB5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/212/T/6/ty2PA3dGeRq74RrGzCN6S9iL8aATB5.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></p><p><font size="4">AD 117-138 (year 16), AE drachm, 34.5mm, 21.27gm. Laureate bust right / Nilus reclining left, crocodile beneath. Fine, Emmett 1014(16) very rare date. Ex: Fred Knust</font></p><p><font size="4">Weight 21.27g </font></p><p><font size="4">Diameter 34.5mm</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><font size="6"><b>Zengids of Mosul. Saif al-Din Ghazi II. 565-576/1170-1180. Æ dirhem. 568/1172-1173. VF, brown and blue-green patina.</b></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/104/9/6/9YxPqRL2J5ofBNd3Z7Lw6gHpgC8jEs.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/104/9/6/9YxPqRL2J5ofBNd3Z7Lw6gHpgC8jEs.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/104/9/6/9YxPqRL2J5ofBNd3Z7Lw6gHpgC8jEs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/104/9/6/9YxPqRL2J5ofBNd3Z7Lw6gHpgC8jEs.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/104/9/6/9YxPqRL2J5ofBNd3Z7Lw6gHpgC8jEs.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></p><p><font size="4">Zengids of Mosul. Saif al-Din Ghazi II. 565-576/1170-1180. � dirhem (28 mm, 11.21 g, 3 h). 568/1172-1173. Draped male bust facing slightly left, prominent knot at forehead; above, two winged figures / Legend in five lines and in left and right margins. Spengler & Sayles Type 60.4. VF, brown and blue-green patina.</font></p><p>Weight 11.21g </p><p>Diameter 28mm</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>ARTUQIDS OF AMID & KAYFA NASIRALDIN MAHMUD AH 610 HINS</b></font></p><p><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/244/Y/6/Ykq3c6JjsE298fyD7mA47TSar2pWkw.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/244/Y/6/Ykq3c6JjsE298fyD7mA47TSar2pWkw.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/244/Y/6/Ykq3c6JjsE298fyD7mA47TSar2pWkw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/244/Y/6/Ykq3c6JjsE298fyD7mA47TSar2pWkw.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/244/Y/6/Ykq3c6JjsE298fyD7mA47TSar2pWkw.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><b>ARTUQIDS OF AMID & KAYFA: Nasir al-Din Mahmud</b>, AD 1201-1222 </p><p>AE dirham (8.6 gr & 28,19 mm), al-Hisn, AH 610 . A-1823.1. SS-15</p><p>Weight 8.6g </p><p>Diameter 28.2mm </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns, Shri Shahi. Circa AD 560-620. BI/AE Drachm. Rare 1 in 100s</b></font></p><p><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/15/8/6/8TexDc6C9LqFwk7Ko5Ab3SxES26ijM.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/15/8/6/8TexDc6C9LqFwk7Ko5Ab3SxES26ijM.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/15/8/6/8TexDc6C9LqFwk7Ko5Ab3SxES26ijM.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/15/8/6/8TexDc6C9LqFwk7Ko5Ab3SxES26ijM.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/15/8/6/8TexDc6C9LqFwk7Ko5Ab3SxES26ijM.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. "Nezak Shah". Circa 500-600. Æ Drachm.</p><p>Crowned bust right, crown with three crescents, each containing a trident, ribbons on shoulder,tamgha or letters above ribbons / Fire altar, flanked by two attendants, wheels flanking flames.</p><p>Alram, Alchon 76, Göbl, Dokumente Em. 226/225. </p><p>Extremely fine example</p><p>Weight 3.26g </p><p>Diameter 27.2mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 3292596, member: 99531"]After the somewhat heartbreaking experience of writing an epic top 10 of 2018 thread only to have it crash and disappear (unsaved!), I've decided to start over and instead post my most exciting/ interesting acquisitions of late 2018 and early 2019. Its really hard for me to choose a favourite with so many different flavours - I'm looking forward to the Hunnic, Sasanian, and early Islamic additions to my collection and the Gaul stater, the Selge stater and the Hadrian Drachm make me smile ear to ear. All nicely sized coins. [B]NORTHWEST GAUL. Coriosolites. Ca. 100-50 BC. BI stater Jersey Moon Head type. [/B] [ATTACH=full]870780[/ATTACH] Head right, hair in large spiral curls / Horse right, lyre below. D&T 2334. NGC Ch VF 5/5 - 2/5, scuffs. Weight 5.39 g Diameter 20mm [B]SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I[/B] [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/4350202.jpg[/IMG] AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.36 g, 3h). Mint VIII (“Susa”?). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with [I]korymbos[/I] and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1a, style K and pl. 27, A28 and A29 (same dies); Sunrise –. VF, areas of toning Weight 4.36g Diameter 27mm [SIZE=6][B]Stater 370-360 BC v. Chr. Ancient Greece from Selge (370-360 BC)[/B] [B] [IMG]https://img.ma-shops.com/denarius/pic/combined29013.jpg[/IMG][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Selge in Pisidia, statér dated 370-360 BC. Grading: VF. Adv: Wrestlers. Rev: Slinger og triskeles. References: Sear (1997) 5472. Weight: 10,8 g Diameter 22mm[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=6] Egypt, Alexandria: Hadrian[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][URL='https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/212/T/6/ty2PA3dGeRq74RrGzCN6S9iL8aATB5.jpg'][IMG]https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/212/T/6/ty2PA3dGeRq74RrGzCN6S9iL8aATB5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png[/IMG][/URL] AD 117-138 (year 16), AE drachm, 34.5mm, 21.27gm. Laureate bust right / Nilus reclining left, crocodile beneath. Fine, Emmett 1014(16) very rare date. Ex: Fred Knust Weight 21.27g Diameter 34.5mm [SIZE=6][B]Zengids of Mosul. Saif al-Din Ghazi II. 565-576/1170-1180. Æ dirhem. 568/1172-1173. VF, brown and blue-green patina.[/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/104/9/6/9YxPqRL2J5ofBNd3Z7Lw6gHpgC8jEs.jpg'][IMG]https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/104/9/6/9YxPqRL2J5ofBNd3Z7Lw6gHpgC8jEs.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png[/IMG][/URL] Zengids of Mosul. Saif al-Din Ghazi II. 565-576/1170-1180. � dirhem (28 mm, 11.21 g, 3 h). 568/1172-1173. Draped male bust facing slightly left, prominent knot at forehead; above, two winged figures / Legend in five lines and in left and right margins. Spengler & Sayles Type 60.4. VF, brown and blue-green patina.[/SIZE] Weight 11.21g Diameter 28mm [SIZE=6][B]ARTUQIDS OF AMID & KAYFA NASIRALDIN MAHMUD AH 610 HINS[/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/244/Y/6/Ykq3c6JjsE298fyD7mA47TSar2pWkw.jpg'][IMG]https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/244/Y/6/Ykq3c6JjsE298fyD7mA47TSar2pWkw.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png[/IMG][/URL] [B]ARTUQIDS OF AMID & KAYFA: Nasir al-Din Mahmud[/B], AD 1201-1222 AE dirham (8.6 gr & 28,19 mm), al-Hisn, AH 610 . A-1823.1. SS-15 Weight 8.6g Diameter 28.2mm [SIZE=6][B]HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns, Shri Shahi. Circa AD 560-620. BI/AE Drachm. Rare 1 in 100s[/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/15/8/6/8TexDc6C9LqFwk7Ko5Ab3SxES26ijM.jpg'][IMG]https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/15/8/6/8TexDc6C9LqFwk7Ko5Ab3SxES26ijM.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.vcoins.com/images/zoom.png[/IMG][/URL] HUNNIC TRIBES, Nezak Huns. "Nezak Shah". Circa 500-600. Æ Drachm. Crowned bust right, crown with three crescents, each containing a trident, ribbons on shoulder,tamgha or letters above ribbons / Fire altar, flanked by two attendants, wheels flanking flames. Alram, Alchon 76, Göbl, Dokumente Em. 226/225. Extremely fine example Weight 3.26g Diameter 27.2mm[/QUOTE]
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