Cordoba

this is great, I always wanted to get the bopearachchi's greco bactrian reference book but it's expensive and out of print. glad this is free to use 

Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Heliokles I Dikaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 145-130 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right; all within bead-and-reel border / Zeus standing facing half-left, wearing himation, holding winged thunderbolt in right hand and lotus-tipped sceptre in left; monogram in left field, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ to left, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ in exergue. Bopearachchi 1U; Mitchiner 284o; SNG ANS 642-48; HGC 12, 169. 16.95g, 29mm, 12h.

got this at a recent roma auction, i love how lustrous it is. the details are super fine too

won this at the latest Roma auction, was quite pleased with the reverse. always wanted a bactrian tetradrachm because their designs are so intricate. eventually i want the type where eucratides has a hat, but they're a bit pricey lol.

Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / The Dioskouroi on horses prancing to right, each holding spear and palm; BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below, monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 1D; Mitchiner 168a; SNG ANS 432; HGC 12, 130. 16.82g, 33mm, 12h.

there were coins from the samanids found in scotland

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/storr-rock-viking-hoard/

and abbasid coins found in sweden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundveda_Hoard

7 hours ago, Spaniard said:

Would be nice to see a photo?

there isnt really anything to take, the coins dont have anything visible on them

i have some silver dirhams that i suspect have pvc residue on them. they're a bit sticky to the touch, but otherwise i can't see anything unusual about them. they were in pvc flips before, but i have removed them. is acetone good to use to remove the residue, and how long should i soak it?

56 minutes ago, Bailathacl said:

Beautiful pieces.  Such an underappreciated collecting area (understandably so).

yea, agreed. i'm not really good at reading arabic, so i dont understand that much. i do wish there were more iconography on islamic coins. i know early umayyad, ayyubid, artuqid, and seljuk coins have icons on them but it's not that common. this coin i got a while back is an umayyad pre reform coin, imitating the byzantine nummus

Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AD 685-705. AH 65-86. Hims, Fals Æ 21 mm., 3,66 g.

Emirate of Cordoba, AH 170. Abd al-Rahman I Dirham. (V. 68) (Fro. 1). Ex Áureo 2,53 g.

I got this from Aureo & Calico a while back. Abd al-Rahman I escaped the Abbasids who were trying to kill him and set up an independent emirate in spain

won two dinars from a recent stephen album auction. pretty happy with them, my first gold purchase. currently want an umayyad dinar but found those to be more pricey

left dinar: al-Mutawakkil, 847-861, AV dinar (3.98g), Misr, AH238, A-229.2, Bernardi-157De

right dinar: ABBASID OF YEMEN: al-Mu'tadid, 892-902, AV dinar al-mutawwak (2.95g), San'a, AH283, A-1056, Bernardi-211El