20240415

GREEK/Seleucid; Tryphon BCE 142-138


 AE 17.5 mm, 5.52 g, Uncertain Mint 100, probably in Northern Syria.

SC 2040

O: diad. Hd of Tryphon r. no dotted border off center

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ in two lines on r., [A]YTOKPATOPOΣ on l., spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards facing l., adorned with Ibex horn above visor.

Controls: AΣK

20240401

GREEK/SELEUCID; Alexander II Zabinas BCE 128-122-- unlisted control mark combo


 AR Drachm; 16 mm, 4.0 g, 12h, Antioch mint

SC 2221.1d variety, controls on center left in the published example.

O: diad hd of Alexander II r., diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔPOY on l., filleted double cornucopiae oriented to the r.

Primary control monogram of AX inner left and secondary control inner right AI

Cf. example sold by Numismatik Naumann Auction 109 (17.10.2021) lot 69 from different obs and rev dies.

20240313

ISLAMIC/Menkujakid; Fakhr ad-Din Bahramshah CE 1167-1225

 

Album 1892.3 (R)

AE Dirham?, 20-22.6 mm, 4.51g, Erzincan mint AH 579/CE 1183-84

O: Profile hd in hexagon, Arabic inscription around “struck in Erzincan year 579”

R:  in square “Malik al-Umara/Shah ghazi/Bahram shah” and around “Nasir Amir al-Mu’minin/Ibn Da’ud”


Ex: W. Esty

20240205

ROMAN/JULIAN II CE 360-363


AE 1 (Double Maiorina), 8.35 g, 28 mm, 6h, Sirmium mint c. CE 362-363

RIC 106

RCV 19152

O: diad draped bust r DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG

R: bull standing r with two stars above, SECVRITAS REIPVB in ex, *BSIRM (wreath)

20240204

CANADA/Charles III 2022- New Issues 50c dated 2023 but issued 2024




Three ply nickel plated steel, 6.9 g, 27.13 mm, serrated edge. Dated 2023 but issued in January 2024. According to the mint in Ottawa, this set (5c to $2) is the "first wave of circulation coins issued with the new obverse."
 

20240201

UK/Victoria 1837-1901


 AR Two Pence, 1838, 13 mm

Spink 3919

KM 729

20240125

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos IX BCE 114/3-95


 AR Drachm, 3.59 g, 16mm, 12h, Antioch mint c. BCE 96-95

SC 2370 (R2)

O: diad hd of Antiochos r dotted border

R: ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r, ΦΙΛΟΠATOPOΣ on l. control mark, E/A/Π vertically to left.   Tyche stg l.

20240114

Denmark/Margarethe II 1972-2024



25 Øre 1983


                                                                     

20240105

GREEK/Seleucid; Seleucos VI c. BCE 96-94


AE 19.5 mm, 7.35 g, Antioch mint.

SC 2425.1

HGC 9, 1284 (R2)

O: diad, beardless bust r, dotted border

R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕVKOV in two lines on the rt, EΠΙΦNOVΣ NIKATOPOΣ in two lines on the l, Apollo stg l, testing arrow and resting elbow on column. Primary controls on outer left


 

ISLAMIC/Umayyad; Umar II CE 717-720


AR Dirham; 27 mm, 2.85 g, Damascus mint AH 100/ CE 718-719

SICA II, 643

O: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بدمشق سنة ماة

20240101

IRAN/Sasanian/Khusro II Parviz CE 591-628


AR Drachm; 30 mm, 4.13 g, ShR (Shiraz) mint, Regnal year 27=c. CE 617-618

GÖBL 214

O: Head of King r. crowned

R: Fire altar and attendants, to the right mint mark to the left RY.


Ex: Cud