20140520

ISLAMIC/Ottoman; Selim III 1789-1807


AR Yuzluk, 45 mm, 31.75g, c.1790-1791 CE Islambul (Istanbul) mint

KM#507

Britain/Stewart and Orange; Three well circulated 17th century Farthings

Charles II, 1660-1685 AE Farthing 5.65 g, 1674, S. 3393

William & Mary, 1688-1694 AE Farthing 4.49 g, 1694, S. 3453

William III, 1694-1702 AE Farthing 5.11g, 1700, S. 3557

Britain/Commonwealth 1649-1660


AR Half-Groat, 0.85g

S. 3221

N 2728

Britain/Hanover; George III 1760-1820


AR Shilling, 1816 (reverse at 12 o'clock has evidence of attempted hole)

SC 3790

ISLAMIC/'Abbasid; temp. Harun ar-Rashid CE 786-809 Afzut type of Tabaristan


AR Hemidrachm, 23mm, 1.82g, 3h, Tabaristan mint, c. PYE 135 (CE 785-786)

O: Sassanian style crowned bust r, "afzut" 
R: fire altar flanked by attendants, stars flanking flames

Malek 193.1 variety
Album 73

ISLAMIC/Ilkhanid; Öljaytu Khan CE 1304-1316


AR 2 Dirham; 25mm, 3.94g, Astarabad mint (now Gurgan in Golestan, Iran) AH 713/CE 1313-14

Album 2188 variety

Britain/Hanover; George III 1760-1820


AE "Cartwheel Penny", 35mm, 27.66g, Soho mint Birmingham 1797

SCBC 3777

ISLAMIC/Fatimid; al-Mustansir Abu Tamim Ma’add AH 427-487/CE 1036-1094


BI Fractional Dirham or Dirham Aswad, 18mm, 1.58g,  Sur (Tyre) mint, nd off flan


Album 723
According to Stephen Album as posted on Zeno.ru: "Nicol-1968, appears to be struck with the same dies".  (Norman D. Nicol A Corpus of Fatimid Coins, Trieste, 2006 is referred to).

http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=139191

20140517

ROMAN/Hadrian CE 117-138


AE Dupondius, 13.7 g, Rome mint, c. CE 120-123

RIC 605 v
Cohen 1470 v
S. 3670 v

O: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TRP COS III
R: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI SC

Iran/Elymais; Kamnaskires Orodes c. 180-190 CE



AE Drachm 4.0 g

GIC 5910 v

Britain/Celtic; Iceni "Ece" c. 20-50 CE


AR Unit 14 mm, 1.20g 

Hobbs 4514
VA 766.1
SCBC 445 variety (horse left in this example) 

Iran/Elymais; Orodes II c. 100 CE


AE Drachm 3.75 g
GIC 5896

Iran/Elymais; Orodes II c. 100 CE



AE Drachm, 3.47g

GIC 5892


20140509

HRE/Sicily; Henry VI & Costanza CE 1194-1196



ITALY, Kingdom of Sicily. Henry VI and Costanza. 1194-1197.

BI Denaro (16mm, 0.67 gm, 7h). Palermo or Messina mint. Struck 1194-1196. 
O: +•E•INPERATOR•, cross pattée 
R: C•INPERATRI•X•, imperial eagle facing, head left, wings displayed.; 

  Sp. 28v

HRE/Silesia; Leopold I "Hogmouth" 1654-1705


AR 3 Kreuzer, 21 mm, 1.41 g, Breslau/Wroclaw mint 1698. M.M. von Hackerl mint master

O: LEOPOLDVS .D G. R. I. S A .G. H. E. B. R.
R: 16-98. ARCHID. AVS-(MMvW) DVX. BVR. SIL 

Britain/Anglo-Saxon Northumbria-Aethelred II 1st Reign CE 841-843/4


AE Styca, 10 x 12 mm 0.77g.  York mint

O: +EDILLRED REX
R: tbd

SCBC 865 moneyer tbd

N. 188

And now for something completely different....Gun Money


James II 1685-1688/1691

AE 1/2 Crown, 14.37 g, 32 mm  Dublin or Limerick mint February 1689

SCBC 6579k

Ex: Innisfree Collection 
Ex: CNG EA 277 Lot 484 (portion)

A Pair of 6th Century Byzantine Nummia


Justinian CE 527-565

(top)
AE 20 Nummia, Theopolis/Antioch mint, An XXXI= CE 557-558, 24 mm 9.12 g
S. 231

(bottom)
AE 10 Nummia, Carthage mint, An XIIII= CE 540-541, 18 mm 5.05 g
S. 268