Coins

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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Coins references/bibliography

numismatic references. [Ancient Near East] [Coins]...

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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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Table of Dates (Pahlavi) (coins)

The coins and history of asia. Based on Mochiri's tables of dates (circa Khusro I through Khusro II), with a newer transliteration scheme; variations abound. I'll probably end up changing it some more... [Persian Empire] [coins]...

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Kings of Scythia (coins)

About the Kings of Scythia. [Ancient Near East] [Coins]...

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Mint signatures and locations (Pahlavi) (coins)

Map of mint cities. The coins and history of asia [Persian Empire] [coins]...

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Islamic dynasties (coins)

The coins and history of asia. The Islamic Era year AH 1 is equal to the western year 622 AD, the year Mohammed fled from Mecca to Medina (on July 15th). Based on the lunar year, it is 11 days shorter. To (roughly) calculate an AH date from the AD, subtract 622 and then add 3%. [Persian Empire] [coins]...

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Armenia (coins)

The coins and history of asia. Armenia is a mountainous country to the northeast of Asia Minor, once part of the Achaemenid, Alexandrine and Seleucid Empires. After the defeat of Antiochus III by the Romans in 190 BC, an independent kingdom was set up under her guidance. A 600 year long tug-of-war followed between Rome, the Parthians and later, the...

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