Ancient Near East

Cappadocia (coins)

Eastern Turkey. Once part of the Hittite, Persian and Seleucid Empires, it was independent by the middle of the 3rd century BC. In 17 AD it became part of the Roman Empire. [Ancient Near East] [Coins]...

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Crusader Kingdoms (coins)

About the Crusaders. [Ancient Near East] [Coins]...

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Sasanian 7 (coins)

The coins and history of asia [Persian Empire] [coins]...

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Sasanian 2 (coins) Imitations

The coins and history of asia [Persian Empire] [coins]...

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Commagene (coins)

Commagene was an ancient kingdom located in the region of present-day southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. Its rulers issued a distinctive series of coins that offer insights into the kingdom's history, culture, and political connections. These coins provide valuable information about Commagene's interactions with neighboring empires and its uni...

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Historical Timeline 600 BC - 1400 AD

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Table of mints (Pahlavi) (coins)

The coins and history of asia. PAHLAVI ALPHABET Pahlavi (Middle Persian) is read from right to left. Many letterforms are similar: B and Y; R and L; D and K; G and Z; U, V, W and N. [Persian Empire] [coins]...

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Sasanian 3 (coins) Seals

The coins and history of asia [Persian Empire] [coins]...

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Osrhoene (coins)

The Kingdom of Osrhoene was an independent kingdom, alternately under Parthian and Roman domination, from the end of the Seleucid period until it became a Roman province in 244 A.D. This coin was minted in the name of Lucilla, Augusta and wife of the emperor Lucius Verus. [Ancient Near East] [Coins]...

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Map of Asia Minor/Near East circa 150 BC

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