Achaemenid Kings of Persia
AR Siglos, (13×18 mm, 5.40 g)
Times of Xerxes I-Darius II, circa 475 – 420 BCE
Obverse: King in kneeling or running stance right, holding bow and spear
Reverse: Incuse punch
References: Carradice type IIIb
Time of Nehemiah, cup-bearer to Araxzerxes I (465-425 BC)
Countermark on obverse
Achaemenid Kings of Persia
AR Siglos, (13×18 mm, 5.42 g)
Times of Xerxes I-Darius II, circa 475 – 420 BCE
Obverse: King in kneeling or running stance right, holding bow and spear
Reverse: Incuse punch
References: Carradice type IIIb
Time of Nehemiah, cup-bearer to Araxzerxes I (465-425 BC)
Achaemenid Kings of Persia
AR Siglos, (13×17 mm, 5.54 g)
Times of Xerxes I-Darius II, circa 475 – 420 BCE
Obverse: King in kneeling or running stance right, holding bow and spear
Reverse: Incuse punch
References: Carradice type IIIb
Time of Nehemiah, cup-bearer to Araxzerxes I (465-425 BC)
Lucca (Tuscany) CrLucca (Tuscany) Crusader Coinage 11-12th C AD
debased AR Denier [15 mm, 0.93 g], in name of Otto III, circa 1097-1099
Obv: IMPERATOR; Debased OTTO monogram
Rev: ENRICVS; LVCA cross-wise around central pellet
Preferred coinage of the 1st Crusade. Found in the Holy Land
Lucca (Tuscany) Crusader Coinage 11-12th C AD
debased AR Denier [15 mm, 0.73 g], in name of Henry III, circa 1039-1125 AD.
Obv: IMPERATOR; Debased OTTO monogram
Rev: ENRICVS; LVCA cross-wise around central pellet
Khusru II – Sasanian Empire of Persia (AD 590-628)
AR Drachm [32 mm, 4.12g]
Obv: Bearded bust of Khusru II right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, symbols outside double border
Rev: Fire altar with an attendant either side, triple border, Pahlavi script and lettering.
Under Khusru’s reign, Jerusalem fell in 614 AD. The Holy Sepulchre was destroyed and the “True Cross” carried off to Ctesiphon.
Achaemenid Kings of Persia
AR Siglos, (14 mm, 5.57 g)
Times of Artaxerxes I-Xerxes II, circa 455-420 BCE
Obverse: King in kneeling or running stance right, holding bow and spear
Reverse: Incuse punch
References: Carradice type IV
Achaemenid Kings of Persia
AR Siglos, [16 mm, 5.27g]
Times of Xerxes I-Darius II, circa 485 – 420 BCE
Obverse: King in kneeling or running stance right, holding bow and spear
Reverse: Incuse punch
References: Carradice type IIIb
Achaemenid Kings of Persia
AR Siglos, (13×16 mm, 5.30 g)
Times of Xerxes I-Darius II, circa 485 – 420 BCE
Obverse: King in kneeling or running stance right, holding bow and spear
Reverse: Incuse punch
References: Carradice type IIIb
Lucca (Tuscany) Crusader Coinage 11-12th C. AD
debased AR Denier [16 mm, 0.89 g], in name of Henry III, circa 1039-1125 AD.
Obv: IMPERATOR; Debased OTTO monogram
Rev: ENRICVS; LVCA cross-wise around central pellet
Crusader Coinage, Kingdom of Jerusalem, circa 1251 AD
AR 1/2 Dirhem [ 10×14 mm, 1.50 g], Acre
Imitation of Ayyubid Dirham of Damascus
Obv and Rev: partial Arabic inscriptions within linear square.
Bishops of Valence (12th century AD)
debased AR Denier [17 mm, 1.01 g] of Valence
Obverse: VRBS VALENTIAI; Angel standing facing with wings displayed
Reverse: S APOLLINARIS; Cross w/ annulet in fourth quarter
References: Metcalf 19
