Experts in Coins & Medals

Anonymous, circa 225-214 BC. Quadrigatus (Silver, 23 mm, 6.62 g, 7 h), Rome. Laureate janiform head of the Dioscuri, with separated sideburns. Rev. Jupiter standing to right, holding a sceptre in his left hand and hurling a thunderbolt with his right, in a fast quadriga driven by Victory to right; below, on a rectangular raised tablet with vertical ends, ROMA incuse. Crawford 28/3. HN III 334. RBW 64. RSC 23. Sydenham 64. Attractive dark toning; very well centered struck on a very broad flan. Extremely fine.

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Mongol). Eretnids. 'Ala al-Din Eretna, AH 736-753 / AD 1336-1352. Akçe (Silver, 18.5 mm, 1.74 g, 2 h), Erzincan (Turkey), AH 747 = AD 1346/7. In six-pointed star in three lines Arabic and Uighur inscription: خلد الله ملكه / sultan / atil (The just Sultan, may Allah perpetuate his sovereignty); Around in six segments: ضرب / ارزنجان / سنة / سبع / اربعين / سبعمائة (Struck in Erzincan year 747). Rev. In three lines in a lobated square: لا اله الا الله / محمد / رسول الله (There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah). H. Perk/H. Öztürk 82. Album 2320.2. Attractively toned. Good very fine.