Islamic/Ayyubid; Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi "Saladin" CE 1169-1193

AE Fals, 4.27g, Damascus mint AH 587/CE 1191-1192

Balog 147

O: al-Malik/an-Nasir with fleur de lis above al-Malik and a crescent above an-Nasir
around the date of which only "500" can be clearly read.

based on the ornaments, this is clearly Balog 147

R: Yusuf/bin Ayyub in center and around duriba bi-Dimashq "struck at Damascus" 

England/Plantagenet; John Lackland CE 1199-1216

AR Cut Short Cross Penny c. CE 1207-1216

O: [HEN]RICVS RE[X]  5b type

R: short cross ILGER O[N LVNDE]

SCBC 1351

North 976/1 var.

The long awaited last volume of RCV will be available from mid-December 2014

Roman Coins & Their Values Vol. 5

The eagerly and long anticipated fifth volume in David Sear’s Roman Coins and their Values series will be available from mid December 2014.

This fifth volume contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period CE 337—491 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristic of its coinage. The catalogue is organised primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.
Contains clear black and white photographs and up to date values for VF and EF coins, in both UK sterling and US dollars. An excellent addition to the series, and a valuable reference for any collector of this period.

Please click on the link to be taken to the source of this text and a recommended dealer who is selling the text pre-publication.

Online Addenda to SELEUCID COINS Vol I & II Now Available.

SCADS: Seleucid Coins Addenda System

This new format permits scholars, collectors and archaeologists among others, to access updates to the corpus digitally with no difficulty and with photos and text available on the same page. Something the corpus in it's present hardcover format does not easily provide.

ISLAMIC/Ghaznavid; Mahmud CE 998-1030

AV Dinar, 5.02 g, 25 mm, Nishapur (Iran) mint, AH 390/CE 999-1000

A-1606

O: inner circle of inscription Bismillah duriba hadha dinar bi-Nishapur sanah tis'ayin wa thalathami'ah
(In the name of Allah, this dinar was struck at Nishapur in the year 390). Naming Abbasid Caliph al-Qadir billahi AH 381/CE 991-AH 422/CE 1031.

R: usual inscriptions and titles among them Wali Amir al-Mu'minin (viceroy of the Commander of the Faithful).

ISLAMIC/Umayyad Governors; Anonymous c. AH 90's/CE 710s Jund Filastin

AE fals (16mm, 2.21gm, 2h), Filastin (naming the jund or military 

district Filastin [Palestine] rather than the city Iliya [Jerusalem]), undated. 

O: Within circle, la ilah / illa Allah / wahdahu ("There is no god but Allah alone"); in 

margin, lillah al-mulk falsan waf("To Allah [belongs] the kingdom, [one] falsan, full 

[value]"). 

R: Within circle, Muhammad / rasul / Allah("Muhammad is the apostle of Allah"); in 

margin, darb bi-Filastin ("was struck in Filastin") and palm branch. 

SNAT-IVa, 22 (Jerusalem); Bone Iliya 5d; cf. Walker 911; Album 175 (R).  

ISLAMIC/Umayyad Governors c AH 120+/CE 738+ Tabariyya

AE Fals (2.38 g, 18 mm, 10h), Tabariyya (Tverya, Israel mint) 

O: stylized Ram's head inside circle of dots, surrounded by the Shahada
R: Tabar/iyyah inside circle surrounded by Muhammad Rasulillahi.

SNAT IVa 360-363
Walker  p. 267 P137
Album 188 variety, but of the two examples listed by Album on his website both are listed as Rare despite the Common rating for the majority of A-188 varieties. It appears to be a generic description.

references: Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger Auktion 407/8 lot 1336 (7 Nov 2012) estimate € 150 realized € 480

Excavation of Herodian Jericho Cat of Islamic Coins by Geo. Miles (1951)
p. 37 #44 and plate 62 #8.

also cf. zeno.ru #95839, 95840 and 42902

Egypt; Ptolemaic Dynasty in the name of Alexander III; Ptolemy I Soter as Satrap BCE 323-305

AR Obol, 9 mm 0.67 g, 10h, Arados mint c. BCE 320/19-305

cf. Price 3424 (Tetradrachm)

mint mark monogram in left field AP

All other inscriptions are not visible or off flan.

Tsarist Russia; Romanov Dyn 1613-1917

Nicholas II 1894-1917
AV 5 Rubles, St Petersburg mint, moneyer AG, 1898
4.3 g 18 mm

Y. 62

ISRAEL 1970/5730 1/2 IL.

Israel CN Half Lira 1970 dated 5730 uncirculated with very attractive irridescent blue toning in hand

KM #36.1  6.8 g, 24.5 mm  1,000,999 minted (this example is uncirculated and was part of a tourist packet from 1970 that had remained unopened for 44 years).

SAMARIA, c. BCE 375-333

AR Obol (8 mm, 0.70 g)

Meshorer & Qedar, Samaria 27 var.

O: Bridled horse right; Aramaic inscription not legible but usually “RY” (cleaning scratches)

R: Winged sphinx with hd of Persian King, Aramaic “R” (barely legible) all within dotted incuse square.

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

AR Tetradrachm, 27 mm, 15.82 g, 12h,  Damascus mint, SE 218/BCE 95/4

SC 2450.7

O: diad hd of king r with fringe of curly beard at jawline diad ends falling straight behind, fillet border

R: BACIΛEΩC ΔHMHTPIOY θEOY in three lines on r, ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ CΩTHPOΣ in two lines on l, cult image of Atargatis stg facing with arms extended, holding flower, barley stalk rising from each shoulder, laurel wreath border.

Date in ex HIΣ

Controls N above monogram A/omega on outer left and monogram ΔH in ex on r.

Georges Le Rider 1928-2014

Notice rec'd via the Seleucids Group on Yahoo:


Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:07 AM
SAD NEWS: Georges Le Rider (1928-2014)

From Jean-Christophe Couvenhes
: came this very sad
news:
===================================

Nous apprenons avec beaucoup de tristesse le décès de Georges Le
Rider, le 3 juillet 2014 à l'âge de 86 ans. Les obsèques auront lieu
dans l'intimité familiale. Ni fleurs ni couronnes.

Georges Le Rider, né en 1928, élève de l'École normale supérieure,
agrégé des Lettres, membre de l'École française d'Athènes puis de
l'Institut français d'archéologie de Beyrouth, a exercé les fonctions
de directeur d'études à l'École pratique des Hautes Études (IVe
section), conservateur puis conservateur en chef du Cabinet des
Médailles, administrateur général de la Bibliothèque nationale,
directeur de l'Institut français d'études anatoliennes d'Istanbul,
professeur d'histoire grecque à l'Université
Paris IV-Sorbonne, professeur d'histoire économique et monétaire de
l'Orient hellénistique au Collège de France. Il était membre de
l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres depuis 1989.

Spécialiste de numismatique grecque, Georges Le Rider a joué par son
enseignement et ses écrits un rôle fondamental dans le développement
de cette discipline comme branche à part entière des sciences
historiques. Ses travaux les plus importants ont porté sur les
royaumes de l'Orient hellénistique, tout particulièrement le royaume
séleucide auquel il avait consacré son doctorat d'État (Suse sous les
Séleucides et les Parthes : les trouvailles monétaires et l'histoire
de la ville [1965]), et sur le monnayage de Philippe II de Macédoine
(Le monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de
359 à 294 [1977] ; Monnayage et finances de Philippe II : un état de
la question [1996]). Ses articles ont été rassemblés dans trois
volumes imposants, pourvus de riches index publiés par la Société
hellénique de numismatique : Études d'histoire monétaire et financière
du mone grec. Écrits 1958-1998 (1999). Ses derniers livres constituent
des synthèses très précieuses sur l'histoire monétaire du monde
hellénistique : Alexandre le Grand. Monnaie, finances et politique
(2003, traduit en anglais en 2007), Les Séleucides et les Ptolémées.
L'héritage monétaire et financier d'Alexandre le Grand (2006, avec
François de Callataÿ).

[A notice about Georges Le Rider is posted on the French Wiki, at
].

Three Medieval Hungarian Denars

"Saracen Head" Denar of Lajos I CE 1342-1382
AR Denar
Huszar 547 v

O: MONETA LODOVICI
R: REGIS HUNGARIE

Matyas Hunyadi  CE 1458-1490
AR Denar c. 1468-84
O: M MATHIE R VNGARIE
R: PATRON VNGAR

Ferdinand CE 1526-1564
AR Denar 1540, Kremnitz mint, 0.41 g

O: FERDINAND D G R VNG 1540
R: PATRONA VNGARIE  KB

INDIA/Princely States; Junagadh; Nawab Mahabat Khan II 1851-1882

AR Kori, 4.6 g, AH 1280/CE 1863

KM#23

ROMAN/Theodosius I CE 379-395

AE 2, 23mm, 5.26g, Antioch mint, c. CE 379-383

O: DN THEODO-SIVSPFAVG, helm cuir bust r with spear
R: GLORIARO-MANORVM/ANTB with wreath in left field and cross in upper right., Emperor stg on galley being guided by victory.

RIC IX 40d (C), RCV 20484

ISLAMIC/Ghaznavid; Mas'ud I CE 1030-1042

AR Dirham, 3.33 g, Balkh mint, AH 425/CE 1033-1034

Album 1621

ISLAMIC/Iran; Ilkhanid; Ghazan Mahmud CE 1295-1304

AR Dirham, 3.98 g (slightly bent) Maragheh mint, ND.

Album 2172 variety.