20140522

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IX Cyzicenus BCE 114/3-95


AE 17 mm, 5.33 g, minted probably in Phoenicia, SE 202/BCE 111-110

SC 2388.2

O: Bust of winged Eros r. dotted border
R: [B]AΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., ΦΙΛΟΠATOP[OΣ] on l., Nike adv l., holding wreath.

Date outer left: BΣ


cf. please refer to very interesting information pertaining to this type in SC II vol I pp. 542-544.
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Greece/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-144


AE 14 mm, 2.03 g, 12 h, Berytos mint. 

 SC 1827, Sawaya 95 variety may be different obs die though, R20 appears likely for reverse, Hoover 942 (R2).
OBS Description: Diad head of Alexander r., diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border. 

REV Description: No legend, dolphin entwined around vertical trident, dotted border.

Mintmark: A/Λ on left and monogram of o/Φ in right field above.
               
Control: in right field, below E
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20140520

ISLAMIC/Saffarid; Taj ad-Din Harb CE 1169-1213


AE Jital under Khwarizmshah Muhammad, 2.66 g, Sistan mint

Album 1427.2
Tye 125
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ISLAMIC/India; Mysore: Tipu Sultan CE 1782-1799


AV Fanam, 0.32g, Kalicut mint AH 1198/CE 1783-1784
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ROMAN EGYPT; Hadrian CE 117-138


AE Obol 5.04g, 12h, Alexandria mint Yr. 22= August 137-July 138 CE

S. 3829 variety.
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ISLAMIC/Ottoman; Selim III 1789-1807


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

KM#507
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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

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Britain/Commonwealth 1649-1660


AR Half-Groat, 0.85g

S. 3221

N 2728
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Britain/Hanover; George III 1760-1820


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

 SC 3790
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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
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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
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Britain/Hanover; George III 1760-1820


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

 SCBC 3777
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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

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



AE Drachm 4.0 g

 GIC 5910 v
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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) 
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Iran/Elymais; Orodes II c. 100 CE


AE Drachm 3.75 g
GIC 5896
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Iran/Elymais; Orodes II c. 100 CE



AE Drachm, 3.47g

 GIC 5892
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