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MEXICO, Aztec culture. Circa AD 1200/1300-1525
Æ “Hachuela” (143mm x 150mm, 55.70 g)
Mushroom-shaped bronze pseudo-axe-head with curved “blade” and flanged shank
Hosler, Lechtman, & Holm, Axe-monies and their Relatives, type 2aArdatirion08/19/12 at 14:49dpaul7: A fantastic piece! VERY unusual!
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INDONESIA, Sultanate of Palembang. Circa AD 1790's-1821
Tin Cash (20mm, 0.61 g)
Palembang mint
Shi Dan Li Bao in Hànzì
Blank
T.D. Yih, "Tiny Pitis Inscribed 'Shi-Dan' (Sultan) from Palembang," in ONS Newsletter 204 (Summer 2010), type I-1
Found in Palembang
Hang Li Po first appears in the Malay Annals as a Chinese princess sent to be the fifth bride of sultan Mansur Shah of Malacca. However, there is no reference to this event in official Ming documents. Li Po may merely be a beautiful concubine given to the Sultan. Alternatively, she may be the daughter of an otherwise unknown Chinese ruler in the area, to whom this coin may perhaps be attributed.Ardatirion08/05/12 at 15:46dpaul7: BEAUTIFUL! 
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Sigismund III. Wasa 1587-1632. Dreipölker 1622, Bromberg. Kopicki 861.ancientone11/25/10 at 14:33dpaul7:  Beautiful!
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Prusias II of Bithynia185 – 149 B.C.
Bronze 4.03 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Head of Prusias facing right
wearing a winged diadem
Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ right, ΠΡOΥΣΙOΥ left,
Hercules standing, left, holding club and
wearing a lionskin, monogram right
Sear 7268; BMC 13 p.210, 5Jaimelai03/06/10 at 12:55dpaul7: For some reason, this coin just speaks to me! I r...
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Huszár 542, Pohl 79-9b, Unger 429x var., Réthy II 94AHungary. Louis I (Lajos I, in Hun.) (1342-1382). AR denar (12-14 mm.)
Obv: + LODOVICI • R • VnGAR[IE], Two-part shield (Árpádian stripes and Angevin field of fleur-de-lis) with three lilies above and to sides.
Rev: S • LADIS—LAVS • R :, Standing nimbate king, facing, holding halberd and imperial orb, lily over Saracen’s head in right field (privy mark).
The type was struck 1358-1371 (per Huszár & Unger) or 1359-1371 (per Pohl). This privy mark was struck in Pécs by Johannes Saracenus (per Pohl).
Huszár/Pohl rarity rating 5. The descriptions and depictions of this emission vary from catalog to catalog with respect to the presence and placement of pellets in the legend. None of the catalogs depict the double pellet at the end of the reverse legend that appears on this coin.
Note: Ladislaus I (László in Hun.) (1077-1095) was canonized in 1192. His name typically appeared, albeit in an increasingly decaying form, on the reverse of 12th century emissions, and his stylized image and name appeared on this and other later emissions.
Note: The Saracen's head is a pun on the surname of Jacobus Saracenus (Szerechen, in Hun.) and his brother, Johannes, courtiers of Italian descent who were ennobled by Louis. The image of a Saracen's head appeared on their coat of arms. Jacobus became the kammergraf at the Pécs mint in 1352, and the Comes Camerarum Regalium in 1369. He died in the early 1370s, at which time Johannes succeeded him as kammergraf. The Saracen’s head is familiar from the so-called Saracen’s Head Denar issued by Louis from 1373-1382 (per Huszár, Pohl & Unger, although Huszár later wrote that the Saracen-head coinage incepted in 1372). This emission represents the one of the earliest appearances of the Saracen head on a Hungarian coin (it had appeared one year earlier on a garas (groschen)).Stkp11/21/09 at 14:33dpaul7: Beautiful!!!!!!!
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Jean II de Bourbon (1456-1488), Franc à chevalAtelier de Trévoux
+IONES*DVX*BORBONI*TREVOBCII׃DNS. Buste cuirassé du Prince à gauche, portant le collier de l'ordre de St Michel.
DEXTER A*D NI.*EXAL TAVIT*MEA Le Prince casqué et cuirassé à cheval, brandissant une épée et passant à droite. La housse est semée de lis, accompagnée de la brisure (les armes de la maison de Bourbon).
3,44 gr.
Ref : Divo Dombes # 1 (5 exemplaires decrits), Mantellier -, Poey d’Avant -, Friedberg # 119
Potator II07/05/09 at 00:43dpaul7: I love this coin!
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Kingdom of Northumbria - Redwulf, AE styca, 844 AD, York Redwulf, Cuthbert moneyer
AE styca
York - 844 AD
cross in center
+REDVLF REX
cross in center
+CVÐBEREhT
Spink 867Ardatirion01/31/09 at 19:17dpaul7:  BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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Troas, Alexandreia, civic issue, Bellinger A198 (rev. only)AE 25, 5.63g
struck between Caracalla and Gallienus
obv. CO - ALEX TRO
Bust of City-Goddess (Tyche), draped and turreted, r.; vexillum behind inscribed
with CO/AV
rev. CO - AVG TRO
Apollo Smintheus, nude, stg. crookedly l., r. foot on piedestal, l. hand resting
upon hip, r. ellbow resting on r. knee, holding in extended r. hand branch; raven
stg. l. before him, head turned r., [wreath in beak]
Bellinger A198 (type 22, rev. only); cf. BMC 43; SNG München 53
about SS
For more information please look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'Jochen01/11/09 at 11:14dpaul7: Another beauty! I love the Tyche; fascinating rev...
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Syria, Cyrrhestica, Hierapolis, Caracalla, Butcher 53Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 27, 12.8mm
obv. [AVTOKRATWR KA]I MARKOC AVRH ANTWNINOC CE[B]
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. QEAC CVRIAC - IEROPOLITWN
Atargatis, in long garment, std. l. on throne with high back, r. foot set on footstool, holding with l. hand tympanon on her l. knee, resting with r. arm on arm of throne; before and behind the throne a lion std. r. with wide open mouth.
Butcher, Coinage in Roman Syra, p.451, no.53, pl.27 (same obv. die)
rare, about VF, dark green glossy patina, nice rev.
Bought because of the impressive lions. Thanks to George Spradling and Curtis Clay for the attribution.Jochen01/11/09 at 11:12dpaul7: You ALWAYS have such cool coins! I love thi...
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IONIA, Ephesos. 1st-2nd century AD
ƠTessera (18mm, 2.74 g)
KHPIΛIC ωΔE ΠPOC ΠAΛVPIN
Bee
CKωΠI, recumbent stag; E to left, Φ to right
BMC 186; SNG Copenhagen 355
Head interprets the legend ΠAΛYPIN as related to υρoν, beehive, and ύppις, basket and conflated with πaλιν, bring back. From this, he suggests that the token would have been placed in a jar and shaken to produce a ringing sound, while the magical words were spoken. Thus, the piece would be a magical token, related to the folk tradition of ringing the bees into their hives. Such an explanation is perhaps overly fanciful.Ardatirion01/11/09 at 11:09dpaul7: Beautiful and unusual!!!
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Mytilene AE19, 3rd-2nd century BCLESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 250-200 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo right
Lyre; monograms to lower left and right.
SNG München 734; SNG Copenhagen 387Ardatirion06/16/08 at 23:09dpaul7: Beautiful example showing a nice style!
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Constantius II solidus, Antioch, 337-361 ADConstantius II
AV – Solidus, 21 mm, 4.05g
Antioch, 337-361 AD
FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG
draped, cuirassed bust r.
GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE
Roma and Constantinopolis seated holding hield with VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX
SMANI in ex.
RIC VIII Antioch 83Ardatirion06/16/08 at 23:08dpaul7: I really like this ancient gold piece! THANKS for...
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Persian Empire siglos 485-420 BCPERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC.
AR Siglos (15mm, 5.53 g).
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow.
Incuse punch.
Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17.Ardatirion06/16/08 at 23:07dpaul7: Very nice!
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MODERN MILLED (up to 19th Century), Hungary - 1 Taler, 1782silver coin with 27,85 grams
Ruler: Josef II (1765 - 1790)
(B) Kremnitz mint
Obv.: Coat of arms of Hungary - IOS II.D.G.R.IMP.S.A.GHB.REX.A.A.D.B.&.L.
Rev.: Crwned madona with sceptre and the baby Jesus - S.MARIA MATER DAI (B) PATRONA HUNG.1782 . X .
Huszar: 1869, Dav.: 1168 05/13/08 at 19:08dpaul7: Very nice, Lincon!
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POST MEDIEVAL, AUSTRIA, SALZBURG, 1 TALER, 1621Silver coin with 28,78 grams
Ruler: Paris von Londron (1619 - 1653)
OBV.: SANCTVS.RVDBERTVS.SPS SALISBV:1621
REV.: PARIS:D:G:ARCHI ESP.SAL:SEAPLE:
Ref.: KM 61, Dav.: 3497, Probszt: 118905/11/08 at 07:49dpaul7: Beautiful quality!
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Anonymous commemorative, 340 ADAnonymous
AE 4 13mm
Constantinople, 330 AD
POP ROMANVS
laureate and draped bust left, cornucopia on shoulder
CONS B
bridge over river
RIC VIII 21
Ex CNGArdatirion04/26/08 at 00:29dpaul7: Scarce one! Very nice!
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Anonymous commemorative scripulum, c 530 ADAnonymous
AR scripulum, third-siliqua
Constantinople, c. 530 AD
Helmeted and draped bust of Constantinopolis right
Large K within beaded border
Bendall Type 8; RIC VII -; J.P.C. Kent, "Urbs Roma and Constantinopolis Medallions at the mint of Rome," Essays Sutherland, p. 112, pl. 13, 28; RSC -; Vagi 3051
Ex CNGArdatirion04/26/08 at 00:28dpaul7: Nice silver piece!
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Post Medieval, SAXONY - ALTENBURG (German State) 1 TALER, 1595 (Three Brothers)Silver coin with 29,11 grams
Christian II, with Johann Georg & Ausgustus and Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe-Altenburg, Regent. (1591 - 1601)
Obv.: CHRISTIAN.IOHAN.GEORG.ET.AVGVSTVS 1595
Rev.: FRAT.ET.DV CES.SAXON
Ref.: Dav.: 982004/16/08 at 23:26dpaul7: Very nice! With clear date, too!
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MODERN MILLED (up to 19th Century), BAVARIA (German State) - TALER, 1756Silver coin with 28,45 grams
Ruler: Maximilian III. Joseph (1745 - 1777)
Obv.: D.G.MAX.IOS.U.B&P.S.D.C.P.R.S.I.A. & EL.L.L.
Rev.: PATRONA BAVARIAE 1756
Ref.: Km# 223.2, Hahn 330, Dav.: 195404/16/08 at 23:26dpaul7: Truly a beautiful coin!
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POST MEDIEVAL, SWITZERLAND, SCHAFFHAUSEN, 1 TALER, 1621 (Goat Jumping)Silver coin with 27,39 grams
Beda Angehro von Hagenwil
OBbv.: MONEDA.NOVA.SCAFVSENSIS 1621
Rev.: DEVS.SPESNOSTRA.EST.
Ref.: Km#26, Dav.: 4627 04/15/08 at 23:59dpaul7: One of my favorite coins! I love the goat jumping...
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MODERN MILLED (up to 19th Century), Austria - 1 TALER, 1725Silver coin with 27,85 grams
Ruler: Karl VI (1711 - 1740)
Hall Mint - Tyrol
Obv.: ARCHID.AUST.DUX.BU.COM.TYROL.1725
Rev.: CAROL.VI.D.G.R.I.S.A.GE.HI.HU.BO.REX.
Ref.: Km#692, Dav.: 105304/15/08 at 23:57dpaul7: A magnificent example! 
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POST MEDIEVAL, Germany, BRAUNSCHWEIG - WOLFENBÜTTEL, 1 TALER, 1609Silver coin with 28,66 grams
Ruler.: Heinrich Julius (1589 - 1613)
Obv.: HONESTVM PRO PATRIA 1609
Rev.: HENRICVS. IVLIVS.D:G:P.EP.HA.DVX.BRVNS.ETLV
ref.: Welter: 645, Dav.: 628504/12/08 at 19:29dpaul7: Very nice Taler! 
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POST MEDIEVAL, GERMANY, SAXONY, 1 TALER, 1624silver coin with 28,70 grams
Ruler: Johann George (1615 - 1656)
Obv.:IOHAN:GEORG:D:G:DUX:SAX:IVL:CLIV:ETMONTI
Rev.:SA:ROM:IMP:ARCHIM:ETELECT 1624
Ref.: KM#132, Dav.: 760104/10/08 at 22:27dpaul7: Very beautiful specimen!!!!
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POST MEDIEVAL, Austria, Rudolph II, 1612, 1 TALERSilver coin with 27,65 grams.
Ruler: Rudolphus II (Habsburg Dinasty) 1576 - 1612
Ensisheim Mint
OBV.: RVDOLPHVS:II:D:G:RO:IM:SE:AVG:GER:HVN:BOH:REX 1612
REV.: NEC:NON:ARCHIDCES:AVS:DV:LAN:G:CO:FE
Ref.: KM# 241.3 Dav.: 303404/10/08 at 21:52dpaul7: VERY NICE TALER!
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MODERN MILLED (up to 19th Century), GERMANY, SAXONY (German States) - 1 TALER 1807Silver coin with 27,77grams
Ruler: Friedrich August I
OBV.: ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK (S.G.H.)
REV.: FRID. AUGUST. D.G. REX SAXONIAE
Ref.: KM#1059.1 Dav.:854
04/10/08 at 20:25dpaul7: Beautiful Taler!
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Stralsund, Karl V. 1519 - 1556
Schilling 1538 S
19 mm, 0.9 g
Strahl / Kreuz mit S im Winkel
Very fineareich08/12/07 at 19:31dpaul7: Very nice!
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09 VespasianDenarius. IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head right / SALVS AVG, Salus seated left holding patera. RIC 67, RSC431. Weight 3.34 g. Die Axis 6 hr.
mix_val06/14/07 at 22:49dpaul7: An excellent specimen!
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Troas, Alexandreia, civic issue, Bellinger A490Troas, Alexandria, time of Gallienus, AD 253-268
AE 24, 5.12g
obv. ALEX - TRO
Bust of city-goddess (Tyche), draped and turreted, r., behind vexillum inscribed
CO/AV
rev. CO - L - AVG - TRO
Eagle, with raised wings, flying r., holding in his talons forehead of bull
Bellinger A490 (type 47); SNG Copenhagen 114; BMC 53-56
EF, superb specimen
The depiction is referring to the founder myth of Alexandria: The eagle carrying a bull's head which is a common occurence from now [Commodus Caesar] on, must refer to a foundation legend, like that told of Antioch on the Orontes, of an eagle carrying part of a sacrificial animal to a spot where the new city was destined to raise (Bellinger).
Jochen06/14/07 at 22:48dpaul7: A wonderful coin!
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MEDIEVAL, Spain, Castile, Alfonso VIII, 1158-1214. AR Dinero.CASTILE. Alfonso VIII, 1158-1214. Dinero, unknown mintmark (two stars above castle = ?, the T below is part of CASTELE). Alfonso was one of the four Spanish kings who defeated the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa 1n 1212. Crude as always, but with reasonable details; tiny edge chip. aVF. 17mm, 0.8g
06/03/07 at 13:22dpaul7: Nice one!
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Islamic Umayyad - IslamicAR Dirham. Umayyad . 91 AH. (710 AD)
Al Walid Bin Abd Al Malik(86-96 AH)
D.: 25 mm
Obv.: In the field, 3 line inscription : "There is no God but/ God alone/ He has no associate" ;
Marginal inscription: "In the name of God this Dirham was stuck in Wasit in the year one and ninety."
Rev.: In the field, 4 line inscription: "God is one,/ God is Eternal: He begets not/ nor is begotten/and none is equal with Him in rank" (Quran: 112: 1-3)
Marginal inscription: "Muhammad is the Apostle of God whom He sent with guidance and the religion of truh that he might make it supreme over all other religions" (Quran 9:33)
Rare
Tanit05/21/07 at 18:56dpaul7: A Beautiful Coin!
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Kingdom of Bosporus, Kotys II, Anokhin 481Kotys II, AD 123-132
AE 24, 8.23g
obv. BACILEWC KOTYOC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. MH in oak(?)-wreath
Anokhin 481
VF, brown-green patina
MH = 48 (nummi) = 8.2 folles
Jochen05/06/07 at 23:49dpaul7: Oh! That is such a nice one! I love the Bosporus ...
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Thracia, Odessos, AMNG 2006Thracia, Odessos, quasi-autonomous, 270-250 BC
AE 22, 7.54g
obv. Head of Zeus, bearded, laureate, r.
rev. The Thracian Rider-God Heros, bearded, nude except chlamys, wearing kausia,
trooting on horse r., beneath as monogram A; with baseline
in ex. ODHCITWN
AMNG 2206; BMC Black Sea 291
Rare, VF+, brown patina with some earthen highlights
Pedigree:
ex David Freedman coll.
ex CNG auction 61, 25.9.2002, lot 194
Note: Kausia = a flat Thracian bonnet
For more information please look at the thread 'Mythological interesting coins'!Jochen05/03/07 at 23:12dpaul7: A beautiful coin!
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Post Medieval, UNITED KINGDOM, James I Half Groat (Reigned as James VI of Scotland from 1567)James VI of Scotland 1567-1625 / James I of England 1603-1625 AD
AR Half Groat i.m. mullet.
Crowned rose/crowned thistle. S. 2660. N.2105/1. Toned VF.
Size: 16 mm Weight: 1.02 grams
James loved the arts and was very generous to actors, playwrights, and other performers of the day. In particular, James I loved the theatre, and was captivated by Shakespeare's acting troupe, the Chamberlain's Men. Within ten days of arriving in London, James demanded that Shakespeare's troupe come under his own patronage. So they were granted a royal patent and changed their names to the King's Men, in honour of King James.04/29/07 at 22:15dpaul7: Nice coin! I'm jealous!!!!
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Kingdom of England - Edward IV groat, London mintEdward IV, AD 1461-1483
London, 1461-1464 AD
Crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches; trefoil on breast
EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL [Z FR]ANC
Long cross pattée dividing legends; three pellets in each angle
Outer: POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM; Inner: CIVITAS LONDON
Spinks 1973Ardatirion04/19/07 at 21:42dpaul7: This is really a nice one for Edward IV! Hard to ...
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Kingdom of England - Henry VIII Ecclesiastical PennyHenry VIII, AD 1509-1547
Durham ecclesiastical mint, 1509-1523 AD
King enthroned holding orb and scepter
HE[NRIC DI] GRA REX AG[L (Z F)]
Royal shield over cross fourchée, which divides the legend; T D above shield
CIVI[TAS] DVRRAM
Spinks 2331Ardatirion04/19/07 at 21:41dpaul7: Hi! This one is pretty nice! Good attribution!
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Mysia, Parion BMC 69Mysia, Parion, 2nd - 1st century BC
AE 22, 6.21g
obv. Head of Gorgo with snakes and wings, facing
c/m monogram in circular incus
rev. PA - RI - ANWN
Eagle with spread wings, stg. r.
monogram before, allin laurel-wreath
BMC 69; SNG von Aulock 1330; SNG Paris 1404
rare, about VF/F+
This coin is alive by the exceptional portait on the obv. Here the transition from the primordial grimacing and abhorrent Gorgo to the melancholic tantalized being of the late Hellenistic times is almost completed. For more information please look at the thread 'Mythological intersting coins'
Jochen04/06/07 at 21:56dpaul7: Sehr nett! Dieser Stück freut mich sehr! Danke!
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3.0 Bar Kokhba small bronze, year 3 (134-135 CE)Bar Kokhba rebellion (second Jewish Revolt against Rome)
Year 3 (134-135 CE)
small bronze (19.5 mm)
VF+/VF
Hendin 739
obv. seven branched palm tree, symbolizing Judaea (like Menorah?)
SHIMON (Simon [Bar Kokhba]) in field below tree
rev. Bunch of grapes L'CHAROT YERUSHALAYIM (For the Freedom of Jerusalem) aroundEcgþeow03/16/07 at 20:49dpaul7: Beautiful condition! Thanks for sharing this one!
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Caracalla, AE 25 DiassariaM AVREL ANT/O/NINVS AV
Bust laureate, right
MVNI STO
Nike advancing left with wreath and palm
Josifovski 321 (V42, R27)
Seven reverse dies linked to this obverse, all with a similar minimalist legend
Kuzmanovic Collection 588-589whitetd4903/12/07 at 21:30dpaul7: That's a real beauty!
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Septimius Severus Color ImpressionA quick colorized marble statue. Hair might be too brown for reality, I believe in older age it was peppered with grey like the famous family painting (the one with Geta scrubbed out), but he looked younger here so artistic license was used. Also, he should really be darker skinned but working on the white surface of the original pic made what I was doing seem dark ennough, in retrospect he should probably be a little more dark toned.Scotvs Capitis03/10/07 at 21:50dpaul7: WOW! That is truly awesome work!
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ROMAN EMPIRE - GORDIAN IIIBronze "limes" denarius, cf. RIC 131, RSC 347, BMC 347, choice VF, 2.889g, 19.1mm, 45o, Rome mint, 241 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left holding apple and transverse scepter, and resting left elbow atop and leaning on shield.dpaul702/14/07 at 19:23dpaul7: Tiathena - Many thanks!
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