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ANCIENT COINS

Burgos 652, 150-100 BC, Konterbia Karbika, Iberia mint, AE Fractional Unit, Male head right; dolphin behind, Horse galloping right; four pellets above, Iberian legend in exergue, 2.65g, 16.8mm, ex. CNA XVIII

van’t Haaff 9.1.2.4b, Kings of Elymais – Kamnaskires V, 36-35BC, Seleucia on the Hedyphon mint, AR Drachm, Silver: Diademed bust left, with long beard; anchor mintmark off flan, no symbol, Diademed and draped bust left, wearing beard; date not visible. 3.39g, 16.5

van’t Haaff 12.3.1-2B1d, Kings of Elymais – Orodes II (Orodes-Kamnaskires), 1st half of 2nd Century AD, AE Drachm, Bearded and diademed head of Orodes II facing, dot in crescent above an inverted anchor to right, Irregular circle of dashes resembling Vs and Ls with a dash in the centre, 3.48g, 15.2mm

van’t Haaff 16.1; Sear GIC 5892, Kings of Elymais – Orodes III, 2nd Century AD, AE Drachm, Bust of Orodes III left, wearing tiara with anchor and dotted rim, diadem band below tiara, ribbon falling behind bust from dot, pellet in crescent above anchor with one crossbar, with pellet border, Bust of Artemis, right, wearing calathus, around her Greek legend, on left reading inside-out, right reading outside-in,ΥρωΔΗϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕVC(Yrōdēs Basileus), 3.57g, 14.8mm

Khosrow II, Sasanian King of Iran, Regnal year 4: 593-594AD, AR Drachm, Mint: Veh-Ardashir, Weight: 3.76g, Diameter: 28.9mm, Diameter of obverse dotted border: 18mm, Diameter of reverse dotted border: 20mm, Obverse:
Portrait of Khosrow II, like Khosrow I, but within a crescent, on which there is a six-pointed star fixed on the vertical bar; two wings are fixed to the bar going out from the rim, like a crescent with a star. The field of the coin is bordered by two pointed rims, and there is a crescent with a star behind them symmetrically on two sides and below. Reverse: Zoroastrian fire altar, an “atasdan” with a capitellum and plates, near which two attendants wearing high headdresses stand facing ahead. The narrow part of the “atasdan” is covered by ribbons. To the left of the fire there is a star, and to the right a crescent. There is a triple rim around the picture with four crescents and stars.
Pahlavi legend: to the left – the year of his reign; to the right – the mint.

Another drachm of Khosrow II, but this one is too damaged to read the year or mint. If you can identify either of these, please contact me.

Levon I(Leo the Great), Cilician Kingdom of Armenia, 1198-1219AD, Copper Tank, Sis Mint, Crowned king’s bust, ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳ[ԱՈՐ Հ]ԱՅԻՈՑ(Levon king of the Armenians), Patriarchal cross with two stars at the base, [ՇԻՆ]ԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՍ Ի ՍԻՍ(Struck in the city of Sis), 7.38g, 27.6mm

Huzcar 547 Lajos I, Kingdom of Hungary – Louis I the Great, 1373-1382AD, AR Denar, (Cross) MONETA LODOVICI, Saracen(Medieval term for Muslim) head facing left, (Cross) REGIS hVNGARIE, rimmed double cross

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