Your favorite coins by century.

Thanks for starting us off, Collect89 ...

=> yup, it's the 7th Century BC!! (show us what yer made outta!!)

I think that my first 7th-Century BC coin is pretty cool ...

Byzantine Empire, Sassanian Occupation of Egypt
AE 12 Nummi / Khusro II
Circa 618-628 AD
Diameter: 19.66 mm
Weight: 8.26 grams
Obverse: Cuirassed bust of Khusro facing, wearing crown with simple cross, stars to left, C to right
Reverse: Cross on globe between I-B, AΛEΣ in exergue
Reference: DOC 191; SB 855
Other: a very nice example of this scarces type

 

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My second & third 7th-Century BC offerings are quite similar (the difference being the underneath "host-coin")

=> man, I love these ol' countermarked coins!! (enjoy!!)

Heraclius. Æ follis (Countermarked)
610-641 AD
ca. 616/7-621/2
Sicilian mint
Diameter: 29 mm
Weight: 12.77 grams
Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse
Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse
Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882
Other: Brown patina. Overstruck on a follis of Justin I from Constantinople, SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine






HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis (countermarked)
Struck at Syracuse, Sicily.
Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from Constantinople
circa 622 AD or earlier
Diameter: 33.5mm
Weight: 13.6g
Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath
Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark

 

7th century AD

Anonymous/Unknown, Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania
AE Nummus
Obv: Helmeted(?), bust facing
Rev: Large cross, S-P in fields under cross
Hispalis (Spali) mint, struck mid-7th century AD

 

Anonymous/Unknown, Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania
AE Nummus
Obv: Helmeted(?), bust facing
Rev: Large cross, S-P in fields under cross
Hispalis (Spali) mint, struck mid-7th century AD

 

City of Emerita, Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania
AE Nummus
Obv: CIVI-TA, bust facing left
Rev: Monogram of Emerita
Emerita mint, struck mid-7th century AD
(the obverse legend and the monogram together form the phrase: "City of Emerita")

 

Visigothic x three, eh?

yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa => well played, Jango!!

 

Thanks steve! Yup, if you need a city sacked, they are definitely your go-to guys for that. Just ask Rome!



I'm down for some city-sacking! Who's with me?

 

here's a few of my 7th century coins, Heraclius (with Heraclius Constantine)






and heaclius, heraclis costantine, and empress martina left coin, costans ii right coin..

 

My-oh-my, has it already been two days?!!

=> BRING-ON THE 8th-CENTURY A.D.

Constantine V with Leo IV. Æ Follis
Mint: Struck in Syracuse
Reign: AD 741-775
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight:
Obverse: Constantine V, bearded, on left, and Leo IV, beardless, on right, each standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys and holding akakia; between their heads, cross
Reverse: Leo III, bearded, standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross potent
Reference: Sear 1569
Other: virtually full reverse legend





=> this is my only coin from this century

 

Same here, only one from 8th century, and same type as steve's coin:

 

Steve's is the best of these I can recall seeing. Notice the K next to Constantine. I have seen coins with Leo spelled out on the right but never a coin with legends on both sides. I wonder if Steve's die had just a lambda or the whole Leo on the right. I wonder if the ones with Leo spelled out had KWN on the left. These are common coins with many variations but hard to study since most look like VK's coin.

 

Khusro II “The Victorious" 590-628 A.D. was the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, & the son of Hormizd IV.

This coin was minted in the 8th Century and is an imitation of the previous Khusro II type. This coin is dated Post Yazdgard Era 130
(130 PYE+ 651 = 781 A.D.)

Tabaristan
Arab-Sassanian Imitation of Shah Khusro II
AR Half Drachm
ca. 781 AD

1.93 grams, 23 mm
Obv: Shah Khusro II wearing winged crown
Rev: Fire altar with two attendants
Grade: EF as struck with some peripheral weakness on the large thin planchet & single corrosion spot on reverse. Beginning to re-tone.
Other: Anonymous “Afzut” Type. From Lost Dutchman Coins October 2013.

 

interesting coin, Collect89

 

Keeping up with the 7th century coins, i also have a Tabaristan..

Tabaristan...711-789..AD..
Half Durham AR..
Abbassio, Governors of Tabaristan..
23mm x 1.63 g.

 

can I join the 8th century tabaristan party?

 

man, coming up short in the 8th century. this coin could be 8th century, but I guess the type was produced between 621-907 as...so who know. may as well post it here.




can't get the reverse picture to come out....not much to see anyway.

kai yawn tong bao
tang dynasty china
25mm
3.4g

 

Well, amazingly another two days have already zipped-by ...

=> BRING-ON THE 9th-CENTURY A.D.

CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, AR Denar
840-877 AD
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 1.56 grams
Obverse: Without mint signature (Orléans). + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée with pellet in each quarter
Reverse: XPISTIΛNΛ RELIGIO, temple
Reference: Coupland, Early group D, pl. 23, 43-7; M&G 1159; MEC 1, 846-9
Other: 6h … attractively toned





=> man, I absolutely love this coin!!

 

For my 1000th post, i bring you the only 9th century coin...

India Pritiharas anonymous..
Ar unit..800AD
17mm x 3.50g..

Early Medieval India..
650 - 1206..AD..
At this time there was three great powers in N.India and Deccan. Gurjara Pratiharas, Palas, Reshtrakutas. Vatsaraja - Pratiharas, acceded to the Throne in 778 AD. and ruled into the 800 AD. when this coin was issued.

 

Eanred, Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria
AE Styca
Obv: EANRED REX + around a cross
Rev: + MONNE dot around a cross
York mint, struck 810-840 AD by moneyer Monne
0.98g, 13mm

 

Louis the Pious, King of the Franks and Carolingian Emperor (814-840 AD)
AR Denier
Obv: + H LVDOVVICVS IMP, legend around cross
Rev: + METTALVM, legend around cross
Metallum mint (modern Melle, France)
20 mm wide