20260530

Byzantine/Justinian II ὁ Ῥινότμητος CE 685-695 & 705-711

›
AE Half Follis, 25 mm max and 17.5 x 16.8 mm, 2.97 g. Constantinople mint RY 2= CE 686-687 SB 1262 O: facing bust of Justinian II R: L...
20260513

BYZANTINE/Justinian I CE 527-565

›
  AE Decanumium, 4.07 g, 14 mm, Ravenna mint, RY 29= CE 555-556 SB 326 O: little no extant inscription due to wear. Facing portrait of J...
20260324

ISLAMIC/Seljuqs of Rum; Sulayman II CE 1196-1204

›
AE Fals, 28 mm, 6.87 g, 3h, nm AH 595 (CE 1198-1199) Album 1205.2 Obs: Horseman adv r, holding a mace in his r hand, star to the left ...
20260320

ISLAMIC/Seljuqs of Rum; Kayqubad I CE 1219-1236

›
 AE Fals, nm nd, 23 mm, 3.41 g, c. CE 1219-1225 Album 1213.1 citing An-Nasir as Caliph. 
20260302

EUROZONE; Bulgaria 2026

›
€2 Pasius of Hilendar  €1 Ivan of Rila  The remaining denominations from €0,01-0,50 all depict the Madara Horseman The actual Madara Horsema...
20260227

ISLAMIC/ARAB-BYZANTINE (Umayyad) c. CE 661-697 (pre-reform)

›
  AE Fals, 4.79 g, 17 mm, 7h, Damascus mint Album 102 SICA I 572 Wilkes 131 var. O: Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and...
20260104

ROMAN/Valentinian I CE 364-375

›
  AE 18.5mm, 1.77 g, Thessalonika mint CE 364-367 RCV 19513 O: diad cuir and dr bust r, DN VALENTINI—ANVS PF AVG R: Victory adv l, SEC...

ROMAN/Theodosius II CE 402-450

›
AE 14.4 mm, 2.35 g,  Thessalonika mint, CE 408-415 RCV 21198 Esty type 51 O: diad dr cuir bust r star behind bust, DN THEODO—SIVS PF AVG R: ...
20251224

ROMAN; Valentinian I CE 364-375

›
  AE 18 mm, 2.46 g, 6h, Roma mint CE 367-372 RCV 19503 RIC 24a var. O: diad draped cuirassed bust r, DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG R: Victory adv...
20251004

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos III BCE 222-187

›
  AE Chalkous; 13-14mm, 1.67 g, Seleucia ad Tigram mint SC 1178 HGC9, 533 (R2) O: laureate head of Apollo facing left R: Apollo stan...
20250721

SELEUCID; Antiochos V BCE 164-162

›
 AE 14 mm, 2.88 g, 12h, Tyre mint  SE "NP" (150) =BCE 163/2 SC 1580 (R2) O: diad hd right with ends of diad curling on neck an...
20250705

ROMAN/Gratian CE 367-383

›
AE Centenionalis, 18mm, 2.13 g, Roma mint c. CE 367-372 RIC IX 24 (xii b) RCV 20105 O: diad cuir bust r, DN GRATIA-NVSPF AVG R: Victory adv ...
20250529

ISLAMIC/Umayyad; 'Abd al-Malik CE 685-705

›
 AE Fals; 20 mm, 3.44 g, 12h, Hims mint c. CE 690-697/AH 70-77 Album 3539 O:  لعبدالله عبدالملك اميرالمؤمنين stg caliph facing R:  لا ...
20250519

VATICAN; John Paul II 1978-2005 (selections from a lot of 25 covering 1988-1999)

›
 1998, 200 Lire, Roma mint, KM 297 mintage 28,500 1995, 100 Lire, Roma mint, KM 265 mintage 35,000 1997, 1000 Lire, Roma mint, KM 286 mintag...
20250511

Monnaie de Paris 2025

›
Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, 6e arrondissement Paris (left bank of Seine). Closed at the time when we could visit so we cannot provid...

A Souvenir Coin from the Crypte Archeologique in Paris on the Ile de la Cite 2025

›
 Souvenir Coin from the Crypte Archeologique Paris 33mm, minted at Monnaies de Paris depicting Julian II (CE 360-363) who was chosen emperor...

Interesting Euro Coins acquired on a recent visit to Paris

›
 Andorra 10 c, 2020 mintage 860,000 acquired during a visit to the Louvre France 10c, 2024, Simone Veil new emission of French Euro Coins La...
20250403

GREECE/Lucania; Paestum Second Punic War BCE 218-201

›
  AE Sextans; 16 mm, 3.81 g Sear Greek I, 633  Lindgren III 291 Crawford CMRR p. 71ff. O: hd of Demeter r.  R: forepart of boar, two pellets...