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Ancient Gold Coins

Last update: 29 January 2010

AV= Gold EL= Electrum (a natural alloy of gold and silver)

Greek Gold coinage

Roman Gold Coinage

RC1309. Valentinian, AD 364-375, AV Solidus. Valentinian bust rt./RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor stands holding Victory and labarum, cross left, *ANT[gamma]* in exergue, Antiocheia mint. Nicely centered and struck, few very light old scratches in fields barely noticeable without looking hard, nice example, Very Fine....SOLD Photo

RC1347. Honorius, AD 393-423, AV Solidus (4.45g). Honorius bust rt./VICTORIA AVGGG, Emperor stands holding Victory and labarum, foot on captive, COMOB in exergue, R-V in fields, Ravenna mint, RIC 1287. Nicely centered and struck, slight waviness to right field before face, nice example, SCARCE, Very Fine....$975 Photo

RC1348. Honorius, AD 393-423, AV Solidus. Honorius bust rt./VICTORIA AVGGG, Emperor stands holding Victory and labarum, foot on captive, COMOB in exergue, R-V in fields, Ravenna mint, RIC 1287. Nicely centered and struck, nice example, SCARCE, Very Fine....$1,295 Photo

RC1319. Theodosius II, AD 402-450, AV Solidus (4.5g). Helmeted emperor bust facing, spear over shoulder/Constantinopolis seated left holding globe with cross atop, star left, Constantinople mint, ca AD 408-450, RIC 202(S). Centered, decent portrait with somewhat weak face detail, nice reverse, Very Fine....SOLD Photo

RC1312. Marcian, AD 450-457, AV Solidus (4.47g). Helmeted emperor bust facing, spear over shoulder/VICTORIA AVGGGH, Angel stands holding long cross, star rt., Constantinople mint, RIC X 510(S). Centered, nice portrait with strong face detail, nice rev., nice for these, Extremely Fine....$1,350 Photo

Byzantine Gold Coinage

BCG305. Justinian I, AD 527-565, AV Solidus (4.49g). Justinian bust 3/4 to right, helmeted and holding spear over shoulder/Angel standing holding cross on globe and long cross, star in lower right field, Constantinople mint, ca AD 527-529; SB 137, MIBE 5. Near centered, strike weak on right periphery each side affecting some legends, nice bold portrait and reverse, SCARCE issue from early in his reign, Extremely Fine....SOLD Photo

BCG306. Justinian I, AD 527-565, AV Solidus (4.40g). Justinian bust facing, helmeted and holding cross on globe/Angel standing holding cross on globe and long cross-Rho, Constantinople mint, SB 140. Near centered, nice portrait and reverse, Very Fine....$595 Photo

BCG307. Justin II, AD 565-578, AV Solidus (4.48g). Emperor bust facing holding Victory/Constantinopolis seated facing, Constantinople mint, ca AD 567-578; SB 345, MIBE 4. Centered, slight weakness as struck on right edge, nicely struck otherwise, Extremely Fine....$675 Photo

BCG308. Phocas, AD 602-610, AV Solidus (4.3g). Emperor bust facing/Victory stands holding long cross, officina I, Constantinople mint, SB 620. Near centered on slightly irregular flan, nice portrait and reverse, Very Fine+....$625 Photo

BCG309. Phocas, AD 602-610, AV Solidus (4.35g). Emperor bust facing/Victory stands holding long cross, officina I, Constantinople mint, ca AD607-609, SB 620, MIBE 9. Near centered on slightly irregular flan, some slight weakness in strike along periphery, nice portrait and reverse, Very Fine+....$625 Photo

BCG304. Heraclius, AD610-641, AV Solidus (4.4g). Heraclius and his 2 sons standing facing /VICTORIA AVGUE, cross potent on three steps, monogram to left, CONOB in exergue, Constantinople mint, SB767. Near centered, one letter weak rev., 2 obverse figures well struck with good face detail, left figure has weak facial detail, nice example, Very Fine....SOLD Photo

BCG310. Heraclius, AD610-641, AV Solidus. Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine busts facing /VICTORIA AVGUI, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue, Jerusalem mint SB 851. Centered, 2 obverse figures well struck with good face detail, nice example and a VERY SCARCE mint, Very Fine....SOLD Photo
This issue has been variously assigned to Alexandria or Cyprus by various authors. It has recently been assigned to Jerusalem by Bendall and Hendy based on stylistic considerations. These most likely would have been minted at the time of the recapture of Jerusalem from the Sasanid king Khusro and the subsequent reclaiming of the True Cross.

BCG314. Constans II, AD 641-668, AV Solidus (4.31g). Constans and Constantine IV busts facing, small cross between/VICTORIA AVGUA, cross potent on three steps, CONOB+ in exergue, Constantinople mint, SB 961. Centered, nice bold facial detail, a very nice example, Extremely Fine....SOLD Photo

BCG315. Constans II, AD 641-668, AV Solidus. Constans and Constantine IV busts facing, small cross between/VICTORIA AVGUA, cross potent on three steps between Heraclius and Tiberius, CONOB in exergue, Constantinople mint, SB 964. Centered, nice bold facial detail, some striking weakness around periphery affecting mostly legends, a nice example, Extremely Fine....$625 Photo

BCG316. Constans II, AD 641-668, AV Light Solidus (=23 siliquae) (4.24g). Constans bust facing/Cross potent on three steps, BO[Pi]K in exergue, Constantinople mint, SB 979; MIB 44. Centered, decent facial detail, a nice example of a SCARCE type, Very Fine....$675 Photo

BCG320. Constantine IV, AD 668-685, AV Solidus (4.43g). Emperor bust facing/Cross between Heraclius and Tiberius, officina I, CONOB in exergue, Constantinople mint, SB 1153A; MIB 5c. Slightly offcentered, nice bold facial detail, slightly weak top reverse, a very nice example, SCARCE, Extremely Fine....SOLD Photo

BCG311. Nicephoras III, AD 1078-1081, EL Histamenon Nomisma, scyphate. Christ enthroned facing/Emperor stands holding banner, Constantinople mint, SB1881. Centered, some weakness and worn but types all clear, Fine....$250 Photo

BCG354. Nicephoras III, AD 1078-1081, EL Histamenon Nomisma, scyphate (4.3g). Christ enthroned facing/Emperor stands holding banner, Constantinople mint, SB1881. Centered with little weakness and types all clear, facial detail obv. on Christ (unusual for these), a very nice example of these usually crude and flatly struck coins, Very Fine+....SOLD Photo

BCG312. John II, 1118-1143, EL Aspron Trachy (2.4g). Christ enthroned facing/Emperor and St. George standing, cross on steps between, SB1942. Centered, typical weakness around edges, types mostly clear, an inexpensive example of late Byzantine gold, Fine-Fine+....$175 Photo

BCG313. Manuel I, AD 1143-1180, EL Aspron Trachy. Christ enthroned facing/Emperor and Virgin standing, cross on steps between, SB1958. Centered, typical weakness around edges, types mostly clear, thin closed flan crack and couple of scratches obverse, an inexpensive example of late Byzantine gold, Very Fine (in struck areas)....SOLD Photo

BCG369. Andronicus II and Michael IX, AD1295-1320, AV Hyperpyron (3.3g). Virgin orans within city walls/Christ stands between 2 emperors kneeling, Constantinople mint, SB2396. Near centered on irregular flan, flatness as usual for these (I have never seen a nicely struck one), looks somewhat clipped, overall decent for these, Very Fine/about Very Fine....$350 Photo

BCG375. Empire of Nicea, Theodore II, AD 1254-1258, AV Hyperpyron. Christ seated facing, [Pi] rt/Virgin crowns emperor, SB 2136. Centered, flat spots as usual but overall fairly well struck for these, RARE, Very Fine....SOLD Photo

Dark Ages Gold

Aksum (Ethiopia)

DA106. Aksum, Ebana, ca AD 450, AV16 (1.48g). King head rt. in crown, grain stalk either side/Head rt. in headcloth, grain stalk either side, Munro-Hay type 71, BMC 303. Nicely centered, slight weakness of strike center of obverse, RARE, nice Very Fine....$1,275 Photo

Islamic Gold Coinage

AC96. Abbassid Caliphs, al-Wathiq, AD842-847, AV Dinar (4.08g). Inscriptions both sides, Misr mint, AH232, Album 227(S). Centered, very slightly uneven on edge in one spot (in toned area), toned in peripheral area both sides, clear script, Very Fine+....$450 Photo

AC92. Abbassid Caliphs, al-Muttaqi, AH329-333/AD940-946, AV Dinar (4.52g). Inscriptions both sides, Madinat-al-Salam mint, AH331, Album 260(S). Centered, well struck with only minor weakness and clear legends, attractive, Extremely Fine....$675 Photo

AC100A. Fatimids, al-Mu'izz, AH 341-365; AD 953-975, AV Quarter Dinar (1.0g). Circular legends between 2 concentric circles, pellet in center, Album 698. Centered on slightly irregular flan, some legend weak, SCARCE, Fine+....SOLD Photo
AC100B. Fatimids, al-Mu'izz, AH 341-365; AD 953-975, AV Quarter Dinar (1.0g). Circular legends between 2 concentric circles, pellet in center, Album 698. Slightly offcentered on slightly irregular flan, some legends off or weak, pellets at center weak, SCARCE, Fine+....SOLD Photo

AC102A. Fatimids, al-Hakim, AH 386-411; AD 996-1021, AV Quarter Dinar (0.9g). Legends each side, outer ring of legends missing, probably from clipping, Album 710. Centered, clear central legends, SCARCE, Very Fine....SOLD Photo
AC102B. Fatimids, al-Hakim, AH 386-411; AD 996-1021, AV Quarter Dinar (1.1g). Legends each side, outer ring of legends partial, probably from clipping, Album 710. Centered, slight waviness, legends mostly clear, SCARCE, Fine+....SOLD Photo

AC103. Fatimids, al-Mustansir, AH 427-487; AD 1036-1094, AV Dinar (4.2g). Circular legends each side, Misr mint, AH454, Album 719. Centered, nice sharp example, hard to improve on this one, Near Mint State....SOLD Photo

AC219. Ayyubids, Main line in Cairo, al-'Adil Abu Bakr I, AH 592-615/AD 1196-1218, AV Dinar (4.51g). Script each side, al-Iskandariya (Alexandria) mint, Album 801. Somewhat offcentered one side, legends clear, Very Fine....$575 Photo

AC218. Ayyubids, al-Kamil Muhammad, AD 1218-1238, AV Dinar (5.49g). Legends both sides, Cairo mint, Album 811. Near centered, a few weak spots in outer legend, otherwise fairly well struck, nice example, Very Fine+....$575 Photo

AC157. Sanjar (Mu'izz al-Din Abu'l-Harith), AD 1097-1157, Pale AV Dinar. Legends each side, date (after AH 520) and mint (Balkh or Herat) unreadable, Album 1687. A bit offcentered each side, typical uneven strike with weak sections, Fine-About Very Fine, 3 examples pictured separately below, each....$150
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The Seljuqs were a Turkic people whose history begins around AD 1000, by which time they were the dominant presence in Transoxiana and Turkestan. They overran the western part of the Ghaznavid Emirate in AD 1040 and shortly thereafter took over all of Persia and Mesopotamia from the Buwayhids. Sanjar was the Seljuq prince of Khorasan whose fame almost eclipses that of the 'Great Seljuqs' because of the length of his reign, his power and the victories in its first half, his disasters in the second half, and the fact that he was the last real Seljuq sultan in Iran. The death of Sanjar signaled the decline of the Great Seljuq Empire, which broke up into several smaller states.

AC120. Ilkhanids of Persia, Gaykhatu, AH690-694/AD1291-1295, AV Dinar (4.26g). Legend each side, Tabriz mint, AH691, Album 2158.1. Near centered, some spots of peripheral weakness in legends, mint in right rev. field, date in rev. margin, Extremely Fine....$650 Photo

AC121. Ilkhanids of Persia, Ghazan Mahmud, AH694-703/AD1295-1304, AV Dinar (4.30g). Legend each side, Tabriz mint, undated pre-reform type, titles Padishah and Shahanshah, Album 2167(R). Offcentered to right one side, some spots of peripheral weakness in legends, RARE, Extremely Fine....$450 Photo

AC216B. Ghaznavids, Ibrahim, AH 451-492; AD 1059-1099, AV Dinar (5.4g). Legends each side, Ghazna mint, AH(4)80, Album 1637; Mitchener WOI 790. Some flattening toward edge and flan a bit ragged, legends mostly clear, debased gold color, much nicer than most, Very Fine....$200 SOLD Photo

AC217. Ghaznavids, Ibrahim, AH 451-492; AD 1059-1099, AV Dinar (2.73g). Legends each side, Album 1637; Mitchener WOI 790. Some flattening toward edge and flan a bit wavy to one side, legends mostly clear, debased gold color, about Very Fine....$150 Photo

Medieval Gold Coinage

MC111. Crusader States, Tripolis, Anonymous, ca 13th Century AD, AV Bezant, 62-63% gold standard (3.2g). Script each side, M. 487; Schl. V, 18. Centered, slight peripheral weakness but otherwise bold and well struck, SCARCE, Very Fine+....$850 Photo

Kushan Coinage - from the region of present-day Afghanistan/Pakistan

EC564. Kushan Kingdom, Kipanada, ca AD330-360, AV Stater (7.7g). King standing left/Ardoksho enthroned facing, MACW3581. Near centered, strong strike with nice detail, nice example of this issue from the early part of his reign, Very Fine+...$575 Photo

EC559. Kushan Kingdom, Kipanada, ca AD330-360, EL (debased) Stater (7.3g). King standing left/Enthroned goddess, MACW3589. Centered, flan slightly small losing a few things around edges, light colored almost coppery looking gold, nice example of this issue from the last days of the Kushan kingdom before the conquest by Kidara, Very Fine...$225 SOLD Photo

EC560. Kushan Kingdom, Kipanada, ca AD330-360, EL (debased) Stater (5.5g). King standing left/Enthroned goddess, MACW3589ff. Centered, flan slightly small losing a few things around edges, darkly toned gold, nice attractive example of this issue from the last days of the Kushan kingdom before the conquest by Kidara, about Very Fine-Very Fine....SOLD Photo

Indian Coinages

EC562. Kidarites, Anonymous, Kidara type, ca early 5th Century AD, AV Stater (7.8g). King standing left/Enthroned goddess, MACW3695ff. Centered, crude design and weakly struck spots as usual for this series, overall not as bad as most I see, about Very Fine....$325 SOLD Photo

EC510. India, Yadavas of Devagiri, 12th-13th Century AD, Ramachandra, AD 1270-1311, AV Stater (3.8g). Conch and Sri punchmarks around central Lotus punchmark/Blank as made, Mitch. 643-645. Near centered with punchmarks about as clear as these ever get, Very Fine+....$225 Photo

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