DRACHM Coins
Drachm: coin from Kingdom of Cappadocia
Illustrated Specimen Details: Drachm Example Specimen: Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios (95-63 BC) The coin featured here is a silver drachm from the Kingdom of Cappadocia, minted during the long and turbulent reign of Ariobarzanes …
Celtic Tetradrachm: Ancient Silver Coins and Abstraction
Illustrated Specimen Details: Celtic Tetradrachm Example Specimen: Celtic Tetradrachm, Carpathian Region (200-100 BC) The coin shown above is an ancient silver tetradrachm issued by Celtic tribes in Central and Eastern Europe, p…
Hemidrachm: Silver coin of Lycia and Ancient Greece
Illustrated Specimen Details: Hemidrachm Example Specimen: Hemidrachm, 30-27 BC — City of Cragus (Lycian League, Ancient Greece) This silver hemidrachm was struck by the Lycian League , a powerful federation of city-states in Ly…
AR ½ drachm: coin of Abbasid Caliphate
AR ½ DRACHM: COIN FROM TABARISTAN AR ½ drachm, 772-779: Abbasid Caliphate in Tabaristan Abbasid Caliphate (also: Baghdad Caliphate) — feudal theocratic state that existed from 750 to 945 and from 1194 to 1258, with the ruling Abbasid dynasty. The B…
Tetradrachm: coin of Kushan Empire (Ancient India)
TETRADRACHM: COIN OF KUSHAN EMPIRE (INDIA) Tetradrachm, 155-187: Kushan Empire (India) Ruler: Huvishka — emperor of the Kushan Empire. MAO : the name of the moon god is mistakenly given, but another deity is depicted (different sources give conflic…