20240101

IRAN/Sasanian/Khusro II Parviz CE 591-628

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AR Drachm; 30 mm, 4.13 g, ShR (Shiraz) mint, Regnal year 27=c. CE 617-618 G Ö BL 214 O: Head of King r. crowned R: Fire altar and attendants...
20231231

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  https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/happy-new-year-in-different-languages
20231226

ROMAN/Valerian CE 253-260

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AR Antoninianus; 21 mm, 3.78 g, Antioch mint CE 254-255 RIC 220 RCV 9966 RSC 179 O: rad, cuir, draped bust r, IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG R: ...
20231222

ISLAMIC; Bahri Mamluk, AL-MANṢŪR 'ALĀ AL-DĪN 'ALI 778–783 AH. = 1377–1381 CE

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  AE Fals; 18.7 x 15.7 mm, 1.33 g, Tripoli mint nd Balog 505.  Border on both sides: circular line in circle of dots. Field divided by two...

ISLAMIC; Bahri Mamluk, AL-ASHRAF NĀṢIR AL-DĪN SHA'BĀN II 764–778 AH. = 1363–1377 CE

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  AE Fals; 18 x 14 mm, 1.89 g, Hamah mint nd Heraldic (lion to left) Balog 464 . As above, but lion on the reverse to left. BMC  606,c...
20231219

British Colonial Ireland & America; Wood’s Half Penny 1722

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AE Half Penny; 27 mm; 6h, 8.84 g KM 116 Spink 6600 O: laur bust of George I r, GEORGIUS DE GRATIA REX R: Hibernia with Harp std l, h...
20231217

ISLAMIC; Bahri Mamluk; as-Salih Salih ad-Din Salih AH 752-755/CE 1351-1354

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AE Fals; 19 mm, 2.89 g, Halab mint; AH 755/ CE 1354 Description of the piece below from ANS Digital Library: Coinage of the Mamlūk Sultans...
20231209

ISRAEL; First Roman War CE 66-73

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  AE Prutah; 14mm, 2.33 g,   Year 2= CE 67/68 Hendin (5 th ed) 1360 O: amphora with broad rim and two handles שנת שתים R: vine leaf w...
20231117

ROMAN Provincial; Thrace; Rhoimetalkes III CE 38-46 & Caligula CE 37-41

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AE 22 mm, 6.65 g, possibly Abdera mint CE 38-41 RPC 1724.2  (six specimens recorded) Youroukova 210, plate XXV O: Laur bust of Caligula left...
20231109

IRELAND Pre-Decimal Farthing 1940

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 KM#9 AE Farthing, 1940 mintage: 192,000 14th century Harp in the Long Room at Trinity College Library Dublin, Summer 2023 National Symbol o...
20231023

FRANCE/ Napoleon I 1804-1815

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AR 5 Francs, Bayonne mint, 1813, Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, General Coin Engraver Paris (1803-1815) and Pierre-Boniface Darripe, Mint Master Bay...
20231005

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius III BCE 97/6-88/7

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 Æ 19 mm, 6.81g Damascus mint. c. BCE 95-94 SC 2454.5 SNG Spaer 2836   O: Radiate diad. bust r. R: BACΙΛΕΩC ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΘΕΟV on rt., ΦΙΛ...

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius II Nikator (First Reign) BCE 146-138

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 AE24, 10.55 g, 24mm, Antioch mint, BCE 145-144   SC 1912.1d   O: laur. Hd of Zeus r. dotted border.   R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMHTPIOY in two li...
20230925

GREEK/Seleucid; Petr Vesely's Antiochos VIII Philometor; The coins reposted and updated from Seleukid Traces.info

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  On the total majority of royal coins issued during the sole reign of Antiochos VIII, 1  either the epithet  Epiphanes  (“Illustrious” or “...
20230914

LUXEMBOURG/EU-2 Euro Commemorative for the 175th Anniversary of the Chamber of Deputies

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  €2 Commemorative, minted in Paris, 120,000 examples minted.                                    Photo of the Chambre des Deputies de Luxemb...
20230903

ROMAN/Diocletian CE 284-305 Tripolis Mint

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  AE Antoninianus; 20 mm, 3.39 g, 6h, Tripolis mint c. CE 284-286 RIC 330 variety RCV 12670 variety O: rad, drap, cuir bust r. IMP C G VAL D...

ROMAN/Probus CE 276-282 Tripolis mint

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  AE Antoninianus; 22mm, 3.86 g, 11h, Tripolis mint c. CE 280-281 RIC 928 Hunter 349-350 O: rad cuir bust r IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG R: Probus...
20230830

IRELAND Fifty Years in the EU Commemorative 1973-2023

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 2 Euros, 2023 mintage 500,000                                         Irish, American and EU Flags in Aghadoe Co. Kerry,  May 2023