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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2953431, member: 74834&quot;]A few more: </p><p>Billon Tetradrachm Gordian III, year 6. Rev. Eagle standing left, head to right. 22 mm, 12.71 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721895[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Merovingian AR denier, Marseille, about 700-710. Nemfidius. 10 mm, 1.07 gr. Most of these coins (1200 pieces) were found in one hoard, the Cimiez-hoard, found in the 19th century. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721896[/ATTACH] </p><p>Dating from the same decades, but totally different, this Soghdian bronze coin, brittle and delicate, but the best preserved I have. 22 mm, 0.65 gr. It is Smirnova 1482-1487. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721898[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Though I&#039;m not really collecting Western Islamic coins (only Persia and Central Asia), I&#039;m interested in the fringes of Christianity and Islam. This 1/4 AV dinar (15 mm, 0.77 gr.) was minted in Sicily about 1060 AD, shortly before the island was conquered by the Normans. It is a very intricate &#039;stellate type&#039;, not so rare, but issued only for a short time then and there. But imitated by the Normans in the early 12th century. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721899[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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