The Coins and History of Asia

the coins and history of asia

Containing information and scans of over 3000 coins, these pages are to be a resource for students of Near Eastern, Persian, Indian, Central Asian and Chinese history from 600 BC to 1600 AD. Permanent exhibits with emphasis on Sasanian, Hunnic and Central Asian coinages. Check back often and reload everything because I'm adding all the time. Begun in July 1996, I've resigned myself to the fact that this will take the better part of several dozen more years to complete. Oh well.
In a state of continuous flux, Summer, 2009.

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AV=Gold, AR=Silver, AE=Bronze, Brass, Copper, etc., PB=Lead, FE=Iron, Billon=an alloy of AE and AR
v. after a catalogue number means it is a variant of that type
(?) means i'm not sure; (!) signifies an unusual or unique aspect

Timeline
Maps
References/Bibliography

[Hormazd I]
Persian/Iranian Empires

Parthian Related Coins
27 coins

Sasanian Empire
1,200+ coins

| Sasanian Imitations |
33 coins (under construction)

| Sasanian Seals |
21 seals

[Sogd]
Central Asia

Sogdian, Choresmian, Jouan-Jouan, Dahae, Yueh Chi,
Chaghaniyan Kingdoms
93 coins

[Indo-Greek]
Indo-Cultures/Sakas

Graeco-Bactrian/Indo-Greek kingdoms
34 coins
Indo-Scythian kingdoms
| Early Scythians - Maues - Vonones Group - Azes I |
|Azes II - Zeionises - Apracharajas - Kharahostes Family - Rujavula - Minor Dynasts |
64 coins
Indo-Parthian kingdoms
| Gondophares - Abdagases |
|Satavastres - Sarpedones - Orthagnes - Ubouzanes - Sases - Abdagases II - Pakores |
55 coins
Parthian Related coins
27 coins
Paratarajas
17 coins

[Nezak]
Kushan and Hunnic Empires

Alchon Huns, Nezak Huns, Hephthalites and related Iranian Hunnic groups

[4054v]
India

Sri Lanka
8 coins

[Mawdud]
Islamic Dynasties

Early Muslim/Pre-Reform coinage

| table of arab-sasanian mint cities |
| ornamentation |

| table of arab-byzantine mint cities |

Post-Reform coinage

Islamic Dynasties - General index
Umayyad, Abbasid, Ayyubid, Seljuq,
Artuqid, Zengid, Mongol, Ilkhanid, and others
330 coins

Turcoman Figural coinage
| Artuqid | | Zengid |

[Tyre reverse]
Near East

Arabia
Nabataeans, Minaeans, Katabanians, Sabaeans, and Himyarites
19 coins
Kings of Cappadocia
2 coins
Commagene
2 coins
Cyrrhestica
1 coin
Mesopotamia
8 coins
Seleucis and Pieria
16 coins
Coele Syria
1 coin
Phoenicia
10 coins
Judaean Kingdom
13 coins

[Levon I]
Armenia

Armenia
Artaxiad, Arsacid and Cilician Armenian Kingdoms
37 coins

[Akrosandros]
Black Sea

Black Sea Area
Thrace, Scythia, Bosporus, Colchis, Pontos, Paphlagonia and Bithynia
11 coins
Kings of Scythia
3 coins
Kings of Bosporus
8 coins

[SB 805]
Romaion/Byzantine Empire

Crusader Kingdoms
4 coins

[Knife Coin]
Far East

South East Asian Kingdoms
5 coins
Japan
1 coin
Korea
2 coins
Vietnam
2 coins

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� T. K. Mallon-McCorgray, July 1996; July 2009

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