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375 AD gold barbaric solidus

About 21 mm diameter, 4.10 grams gross weight( usual Roman standard of about 4.45 grams) Obv: laureate and draped bust of Constantius II in very passable style. Lettering style slightly off. Of uncertain origins, these things are usually found on the frontiers of the old Roman empire, possibly of Germanic, Dacian or Sarmatian origins.

ANACS EF 45 — $977.00

1412-1420 AD silver denar of Ludwig II

About 17 mm diameter Obverse: Mary seated, holding the Christ child. From Ludwig's city of Aquilea in northern Italy, as part of the Holy Roman Empire with its German emperors.

NGC XF 45 — $177.00

1513-1521 Gold ZECCH, Rhodes-Knights St. John

Rhodes, Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. Ruler kneeling before St. John. Christ standing. FABRIZIO DEL CARRETO

ICG (AU-53) — $3700.00

947-977 AD gold dinar of the Buwayid Dynasty

Rukn al-Dawla was the sultan of the Buwyid dynasty ruling in Iran and Iraq. This gold dinar was struck at the al-Muhammadiya mint.

ICG AU 53 — $477.00

954-961 AD gold dinar of Abd al Malik (sultan)

AH 348, about 22 mm in diameter. The Saminid dynasty ruled in what is now Afghanistan. This was struck at the Herat mint.

ICG VF 30 — $447.00

ABBASID CALIPH, Harun Al-Rashid, AD 786-809, Gold Dianr

1000 and 1 Arabian Nights tale. Harun Al-Rashid would find a virgin and after being with her kill her. One girl started to tell a story to save her life. Each night she would never end it so Harun would want to hear more the next night or 1000 and 1 nights. Abbasids held Iraq and Egypt also.

ANACS (AU-58) — $977.00

N. India-KIDARITES VINAYADITYA-EL STATER

Kidarites, Vinayaditya of Kashmir. Late 5th Century AD. King standing, in degenerated style. Ardoshko seated facing, also in degenerated style.

ANACS (AU-50) — $187.00