panzerman Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 16, 2023 I had my best year ever adding 104 new coins in the "year of our Lord" 2023 I will thus do four lists/ first one is devoted to non Greek/ Roman coins. Next top 10 will be late medieval/ renaissance/ followed by Roman/Byzantium then Greek World 1/ Ostrogothic Kingdom/ Italia AV Tremissis ND Rome or Ravenna Mint (struck in name of Justinian I 527-65AD Wittigis 532-40AD Aste Artemide Auction LX 2/ Salerno/ Principality AV Tari d'oro ND Salerno Mint Guaimario III 994-1017AD (2-3 known) Aste Artemide Auction LX 3/ Regnum Gothorum Hispania/ Baetica AV Tremissis ND Ispali Mint Chintila 636-39AD Gosvintha Collection/ Cores Coll./ Chaves coll. Plate coin/ RRR Tauler & Fau Auction 4/ Britannia/ Dobunni AV Stater ND/ NM Catti 1-20AD ex: Matthew Rich/ Walter Saltori collections Found Ross-on-Wye 1995 Roma Auction 5/ Samatatas of Bengal AV Dinara ND/ NM (struck imitating Kushan Dinara of Kanisahka I Vira Jadamarah 290-340AD ex; NBJ auction/ Dubai (few known from recent find 5-8 exs) 6/ Kushan Empire AV Dinara ND Balkh Mint Huvishka 151-92AD Reverse: Goddess Nana ex: Rauch Auction 7/ Sasanian Empire AV Dinar ND Mint 1 Ctesiphon Mint Shaphur I 242-72AD ex: Leu Auction 8/ Merovingian Kingdom/ Aquitaine AV Triens ND Banassac Mint Sigbertus III 633-56AD Moneyer Calvaletano ex: CNG Auction (regal issues are RRR) 2 known 9/ Beneventum AV Solidus ND/ NM Grimoaldo III 7860806AD 10/ Srivijayar Kingdom Ranieri Palembang (Sumatra) AV Massa ND (Sandalwood Flower) 2.67g. HeritageAuctions/ Europe 19 1 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted December 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 16, 2023 Wow, beautiful coins! Especially the Shapur I dinar (No. 7) - a superb example of a true FDC coin! 🤩 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 16, 2023 Shiny list! I like the Kushan and Sassanian dinars in particular. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted December 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 16, 2023 It's raining gold! Great list @panzerman, I really like the Dobunni stater. Can't wait to see your Roman list 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Limes said: It's raining gold! Great list @panzerman, I really like the Dobunni stater. Can't wait to see your Roman list 😁 Thanks I am working on period 1200-1600/ next. Roman/ Byzantine will be best one for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 16, 2023 @panzerman Interesting coins. My favorites are as follows, with my most favorite at the 1 position. 1. Coin 8 Merovingian 2. Coin 3 Regnum Gothorum Hispania/ Baetica 3. Coin 10 Srivijayar Kingdom By the way, during what years was Coin 10 Srivijayar Kingdom minted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 16, 2023 Wow, I love them all. I do like British coins, so if pressed #4 would be my favourite, but #10 is a fascinating little coin, a type I've never seen before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 Thank you @ sand! The Scrivijayar coin is a bit of a mystery. They found some of these coin submerged in the Musi River/ Palembabg (Sumatra) The Kingdom was originally from Malay area/ they emerged as a sea power and trading nation. They were Hindu-Buddhist. Not much is known/ they existed on Palembang from 600-1200AD when Islamic influence spread from Asian mainland to Java/ Sumatra/ Sulawesi rest of Indonesia As for the coins they were minted from heavy 10 AV Massa to 1/32 Massa (0.10g.) John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Di Nomos said: Wow, I love them all. I do like British coins, so if pressed #4 would be my favourite, but #10 is a fascinating little coin, a type I've never seen before. When I post my Medieval-Renaisance "top ten" you will see some neat English coins.😇 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted December 16, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 16, 2023 A truly golden group for 2023! They are all truly exceptional coins and picking a favorite is difficult, given my proclivity to like just about everything. The Kushan and Sassanian coins are absolutely beautiful, so I would pick them as one and two, respectively, as my favorites. The Ostrogothic Kingdom AV tremissis is a true gem of a coin! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parthicus Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 16, 2023 Unsurprisingly my favorites are 5, 6, and 7. Number 5 is especially notable to me, as I was not aware of this particular Kushan-imitative type (which makes sense as it was only recently discovered). Also #2- I find it interesting when medieval Christian kings struck Arabic- and Arabic-imitative-language coins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted December 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 17, 2023 You never disappoint @panzerman, that list is no exception. The Kushan and the Sassanian stand out though ! Another stellar year as it seems Q 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 17, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 18 hours ago, robinjojo said: A truly golden group for 2023! They are all truly exceptional coins and picking a favorite is difficult, given my proclivity to like just about everything. The Kushan and Sassanian coins are absolutely beautiful, so I would pick them as one and two, respectively, as my favorites. The Ostrogothic Kingdom AV tremissis is a true gem of a coin! Thank you Robin! I think I went a little overboard in 2023! Now that I am finished work had time to go thru this years adventures/ I was amazed at my aquisitions! But.....its so much fun. I was not even planning on the Sasanian Dinar/ since I was running low on funds/ but noted Leu had 6 of them in a row. I carefully picked my favorite/ waited till 4 secs left and ended up winning it/ for good price. The Rauch Dinara (Huvishka) was a little tense/ still excellent price for high quality Dinara. The Tremissis (Artemide) grabbed my attention/ since it was both beautifull and rarely offered Wittigis type. I find Artemide a gem of an auction house! John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 17, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 18 hours ago, Parthicus said: Unsurprisingly my favorites are 5, 6, and 7. Number 5 is especially notable to me, as I was not aware of this particular Kushan-imitative type (which makes sense as it was only recently discovered). Also #2- I find it interesting when medieval Christian kings struck Arabic- and Arabic-imitative-language coins. THank you Parthicus! You are correct/ many Christian Kingdoms/ Duchies/ Principalities struck coins imitating Islamic coin types. Esp. the ones in Italy/ Spain. I am embaressed to confess/ before I grabbed that AV Tari d'oro (unsold list) Artemide/ I had never hear of this Guaimario III! You learn a lot from this exciting hobby! That Bengal AV Dinara is from a recent discovery (few coins found/ less then 10) known. Seems India is the place to go metal detecting! The Lagina brothers are only finding ferrous metal objects on Oak Island....so far! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 17, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 7 hours ago, Qcumbor said: You never disappoint @panzerman, that list is no exception. The Kushan and the Sassanian stand out though ! Another stellar year as it seems Q Thank you Q😇 The "best is yet to come" John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 That Kushan in #6 really caught my eye, though I was still blinded by the rest. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted December 18, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2023 Beautiful coins John! Your Kushan and Sasanian examples are my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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