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Nice adds, ratman4762!  |
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Bought this a while ago, but I like to show it off: Central Asia, Khwarezm (Aral sea) Ruler "Sawashfan", c. 750s Silver drachm/dirhem  A rare coin of an obscure ruler who is only attested by a single denied loan application sent to China in 751 AD. Originating as copies of Greek coins, these were one of the most numismatically isolated coins in the world at the time. Sawashfan was a client king to the Abbasid caliphate, and was the second to last Zoroastrian king of Khwarezm. |
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@Finn, great images on both sides of that coin. Since I know nothing about ancient Greek coins (which you mentioned are the inspiration for this one), I'm curious if that is a centaur on the reverse, or horse and rider.
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06/19/2018 9:37 pm
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Very nice additions everybody! It's pretty cool to see all of these different coins in people's collections! Errers and Varietys.
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Typed up a reply, but I guess it didn't take. @tdziemia, these coins started as copies of tetradrachms of the Bactrian king Eucratides: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=35225(Bactria was a Greek kingdom in modern day Afghanistan and thereabouts that rebelled against the Seleucid empire around the turn of the 2nd century BC) The rulers of Khwarezm then decided to personalize the coin; the portrait became that of the king, and the Dioscuri were dropped to a single rider on horseback: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=161267Sadly the earliest coins are engraved in Greek by a hand illiterate in Greek... they are gibberish until about the third century when the native laguages (Chorasmian and Sogdian) were adopted. The basic design was preserved, although styles were modified to reflect the tastes of the time. They somehow resisted the urge to jump on the bandwagon and copy Kushan or Sassanian coins, and maintained it until the dynasty was toppled in 995 and replaced with the Muslim Khwarezm-shahs. |
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1997 Botanical Gardens set (matte nickel 25,000 mintage) $39.00 Great pickup! Congratulations! |
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German States Prussia 1 pfenning.  -  Edited by Dorado
06/23/2018 10:47 am
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1953 SF Canada silver dollar  -  Edited by Dorado
06/23/2018 5:40 pm
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Nice pair, Dorado! |
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Nice pick-ups all I haven't added to this thread in a while so I figured I would post a new one here. Won an auction last week that CCF member Mister Kairu was having on ebay. Got coin in hand today! A BU 1935-P (Philly) Venezuela 2 Bolivares....a new one for my US Minted World Coin Collection and my first coin from Venezuela.  |
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Very nice pick-up! That's one heck of a beautiful coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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A BU 1935-P (Philly) Venezuela 2 Bolivares.. |
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Quote:Won an auction last week that CCF member Mister Kairu was having on ebay. Got coin in hand today! A BU 1935-P (Philly) Venezuela 2 Bolivares....a new one for my US Minted World Coin Collection and my first coin from Venezuela. Excellent! |
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