AV Quarter Stater 16mm. 1.33g. Camulodunum Mint

Corn-ear; CA - MV to either side.

Horse prancing r., branch above; CVN below.

Van Arsdell 2015

VF. Attractively toned. Ex Davissons 24:13.

AV Stater 21mm. 8.37g. Tomis Mint Struck 88-86 BC

Diademed head of Alexander the Great r., wearing Horn of Ammon.

Athena seated l., holding Nike in r. hand, resting l. elbow on shield; HPA inscribed in l. field; TO below throne; In ex.: trident.
BASILEWS LUSIMAXOU

AMNG I 2479; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 282

Choice EF. Lustrous & essentially mint state. Reverse die a bit rusted.

AV Solidus 20mm. 4.4g. Constantinople Mint, officina K Struck 642-646/7

Crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger
d N CONSTAN-TINUS PP AVI

Cross potent on three steps; CONOB/K in exergue.
VICTORIA AVGUS

DOC 1k; MIB 3b; SB 938

Superb EF. Graded by NGC as Choice AU; strike 4/5, surface 4/5. A virtually perfect example in regard to centering and wear.

AV Tremissis 11mm. 1.10g. Syracuse Mint Struck 831-842

Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger.
T?O – FILOS

Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger.
T? - FILOS

DOC 27a.4; Anastasi 561; SB 1678; Berk 252

Superb EF. Struck on an oblong flan, but fully mint state. Flan flaw below bust on obverse.

AV Histamenon Nomisma 27mm. 4.34g. Constantinople Mint

Nimbate full-length figure of Christ enthroned facing, on square-backed throne.
+IhS XIS ReX REGNANTInm

Crowned, full-length standing figure of Constantine, holding labuarum and globus cruciger.
+KWN RACL O DOVKAC

SB 1847

EF. Lustrous. Obverse struck from worn die.

AV Dinar 23mm. 3.96g. Madinat ‘Izz al-Islam wa’l-Qayrawan mint AH 444 (1052/1053)

Islamic inscription within circle; Islamic legend around.

Islamic inscription within circle; Islamic legend around.

Hazard 7; Album 458

EF. Nicely struck, with a tidy design. Flan slightly wavy. Qayrawan is located in modern day Tunisia and is now known as Kairouan. It is a recognized cultural capital and that of the Kairouan Governorate.

AV Fractional Dinar 13mm. 0.64g. Zaranj mint in Sijistan Dated H. 330 or 331

The Kalima.

Arabic legend.

Album K1414

Good VF. Very well struck. This piece was struck during the reign of Ahmad b. Muhammad, Abu Ja'far (H. 311-352, 923-963 AD). The coin cites only Khalaf and Caliph al-Muttaqi, ignoring the Prince's father, Ahmad.

AV Dinar 25mm. 4.28g. Ghazna mint

Arabic inscription in five lines; legend around.

Kalima in four lines; two line legend around.

Album 1637

Good VF. Decent strike.

AV Pale Dinar 25mm. 3.99g. Suk-al Ahwaz mint

Arabic inscription in four lines; legend around.

Kalima in five lines; two line legend around.

Treadwell Su399G; Album 1573A

Good VF. Lightly toned, with a decent strike. Struck in 10K gold.

AV Ashrafi 15mm. 3.39g. Dimashq (Damascus) Mint Dated AH 920

Arabic legend.

Inscription within polylobe.

Album 1041

VF. Partial weak strike. 0.08oz AGW.

AV Stater 21mm. 7.89g.

Nimbate, armored & crowned bust left, holding sceptre and spear.

Ardoxsho standing left, holding cornucopiae; tamgha in right field, legend in left.

Gobl Kushan 286

Good VF. Free of distractions. Ex Theo Reuter Collection; ex Egon Beckenbauer sale (1979).

AV Pagoda (Uniface) 20mm. 3.65g.

Four incuse punches: Sri Jagadeva in Nagari, pelleted ‘spearhead’, and two D-shaped designs with four pellets within.

Blank convex face showing striations from anvil.

Numismatic Digest 17 (1993), pp. 52-3; Chattopadhyaya 91

UNC. A most exceptional example with well-struck punches on the flan. This piece is from medieval India, but is cataloged as ancient by some numismatists.

AV Kupang 10mm. 0.59g.

Arabic inscription within beaded circle.

Arabic inscription within beaded circle.

Mitchiner, SEA, 742-743

Choice EF. Rare. Light earthen encrustation. A rather small coin.

AV Unit (Tremissis?) 17mm. 1.52g.

Crowned bust right, holding fly whisk; grain ears flanking.

Draped bust right, wearing headcloth and holding fly whisk; grain ears flanking.

Hahn 34 var.; Munro-Hay type 71; BMC Axum 307

Superb EF. Strong legends. Apparently about mint state, but struck with rusted dies.

AV Bezant (Dinar) 24mm. 3.29g. Third phase, circa 1187 AD

Pseudo-Arabic inscription within two rings; legend around.

Pseudo-Cufic legends.

Balog & Yvon 7; Metcalf, Crusades 487; CCS 4a