20230720

GREEK/Seleukid; Seleukos II BCE 246-226


AE 17 mm, 4.92 g, 12h, Sardis mint before the revolt of Hierax

SC 660.2 var. unlisted control marks pairing. Primary control of 660.2 on left and secondary control of 660.3b on right.

O: hd of Athena r with crested Attic helmet

R: Apollo stg l testing arrow and resting l hand on grounded bow, BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕYKOY, c/m of an anchor in an oval punch at between 9 and 11 o'clock on the center left. 

20230714

ISLAMIC/Samanid; Nasr II b. Ahmad CE 914-943/ AH 301-331


 

AE Fals; 24 mm, 2.19 g, Bukhara mint AH 308/CE 920-921


Album 1452


O: Shahada in center, around 

 بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس ببخارا سنة ثمان و ثلثماءة


R: in center  

لله

محمد

رسول الله

نصربن احمد

20230705

British Colonial Ireland & America; Wood's Half Penny, 1723


AE Half Penny; 26mm; 6h, 7.63 g. 

KM 117

Breen 157

SCBC 6601

O: laur bust of George I r, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX

R: Hibernia with Harp seated l, HIBERNIA 1723