.: MY COIN COLLECTION

I have always loved history so I decided to collect it. My goal is to collect authentic coins from each major time or dynasty in history. This will be a lifelong pursuit and I hope that one day I can pass this collection onto my children or grandchildren.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT. ROME. 320 BC

APOLLOS, SON OF ZEUS. BLACK SEA, 610 BC

ARTAXERXES II MNEMON. PERSIA, 386 BC.

ATILLA THE HUN. HUNNIC EMPIRE, NEAR GERMANY. 438 AD. THIS COIN IS FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS REIGN. THE LEFT IS THE FRONT OF THE COIN, YOU CAN SEE BACK, NECK AND HEAD OF A HORSE FACING RIGHT.

CHINA. DEMON PROTECTION AMULET COIN. 1104 AD

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. SPAIN. COINS MINTED FOR HIS JOURNEY. 1492 AD

BYZANTINE CHRISTIAN CRUSADES

MANUEL I COMNENUS. BYZANTINE CUP COIN. 1160 AD

CELTIC CURIOSOLITES, IMITATION OF DIONYSOS/HERCULES. IRELAND, 180 BC

REVERSE. VERY PAGAN.

CIVIL WAR RESERVE. 1863

"IF ANYBODY ATTEMPTS TO TEAR IT DOWN. SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT"

COMMODUS. ROME, 191 AD

FLAVIUS VALERIUS AURELIUS CONSTANTINUS, CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT, 327 AD

COMMEMORATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE. SHE WOLF SUCKLING TWINS REMU AND ROMULUS

CRUXIFICTION. SPAIN, 1400 AD

EAST INDIA SPICE TRADING CO. 1245 AD

FANG BU WARRING COINS. CHINA, 600 AD

GENGHIS KHAN. MONGOLIA, 1201 AD

NAZI REICHSPFENNIN. GERMANY, 1938

GLADIATOR COIN. ROME, UNKNOWN BC

REVERSE OF GLADIATOR COIN. TWO GLADIATOR FIGHTING, SWORDS DRAWN

GLADIATOR WITH SWORD AND SHIELD. ROME, 180 BC

GLASGOW RIVER GOD. SCOTLAND, 1791

HAN DYNASTY. DRAGON AND PHOENIX. CHINA, 11 AD

IVAN THE TERRIBLE. RUSSIA, 1537. ON THE LEFT IS IVAN ON A DRAGON LIKE HORSE WITH A LONG SPEAR AND FLAG.

JAMESTOWNE TUDOR FARTHING. COLONIAL USA, 1587

KAI YUAN DYNASTY. CHINA, 621 AD

KHUSRAU II. SASSANIAN EMPIRE. PUNJAB, PAKISTAN. 590 AD

FAMOUS FIRE ALTAR SYMBOLS ON REVERSE

KING EDWARD VII. ENGLAND, 1902

KING HEROD WIDOWS MITE. JUDEA, 2 AD

KING LEOPOLD. AUSTRIA, 1705

KING LOUIS XV. FRANCE, 1754

CASTLE SURROUNDED BY CLOUDS, WITH ROYAL CROWN ABOVE

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, ORDER OF THE TEMPLE. MIDDLE AGES, HOLY LAND. SECOND CRUSADES, 1145 AD

LIO DYNASTY. ROOSTER COIN. CHINA, 180 AD

LOST CITY OF PETRA. NABATEAN KINGDOM. JORDAN, 100 BC

MADONNA AND CHILD. UZBEKISTAN, 1411 AD

MAHAPADMA NANDA. PUNCHMARK COIN. INDIA, 345 BC. ON THE LEFT THERE IS AN ELEPHANT, A CRAB, AND A RABBIT.

MALWA SULTAN GHIYATH SHAH, INDIA 1469. INTERESTING STORY BEHIND HIS REIGN. HIS FATHER WAS A VERY WICKED MAN WHO ENSLAVED THOUSANDS, OPRESSED HIS PEOPLE AND MURDERED ANYONE WHO STOOD IN HIS WAY...SOUNDS LIKE SADDAM. UPON HIS DEATH BED, HE PASSED HIS CROWN TO HIS YOUNGEST SON, WHO WAS SIX AT THE TIME, BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT HIS ELDEST, GHIYATH TO RULE BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WANTED A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. SIX MONTHS AFTER GHIYATH'S YOUNGER BROTHER WAS CROWNED SULTAN, GHIYATH RAISED AN ARMY AND ATTACKED. HE TRIED TO REASON WITH HIS BROTHER BUT EVENTUALLY HE BLINDED HIM, TOOK OVER HIS EMPIRE, AND RELEASED THE SLAVES, LOWERED THE TAXES, CREATED SCHOOLS AND STARTED MOVING TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.