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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
The “Tyrants of the Tigris & Euphrates” is the Mesopotamian section of the Tyrant Col-
lection. In Greek, Mesopotamia means “(land) between the rivers.” Mesopotamia is the
land between the two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. Mesopotamia spawned
the earliest civilization, which included writing, mathematics, metal working, the wheel,
and spectacular wealth.
The Tyrants of Mesopotamia is the longest collectible series of coins. The history of this
region is so well documented that we know every Tyrant of Mesopotamia, from Cyrus the
Great in 546 BC to Saddam Hussein in 2003. They formed
20 dynasties
with dozens of
languages, religions, and cultures: Ionians, Lydians, Achaemenids, Macedonians, Seleu-
cids, Parthians, Sasanians, Umayyads, Abbasids, Buwayhids, Fatmids, Seljuks, Ilkhans,
Jalayirids, Qara Qoyunlu, Aq Qoyunlu, Timurids, Safavids, Ottomans, and Iraqis, each
dynasty represented in this collection by exceptional coins.
Other future displays at Long Beach will include:
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“Tyrants of the Po”: Consisting of Medieval, Renaissance Coinage, Coins of
the Crusades including Popes and Doges, Etc.
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“Tyrants of the Tiber”: Roman tyrants from Sulla (82BC) to Romulus Augustus
(including the 12 Caesars in gold), Ostrogoth’s, Byzantine Emperors, Holy Roman
Emperors, and more.
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“Tyrants of the Nile”: Egyptian tyrants from Nektanebo II (360-343BC) to An-
war Sadat (1970-1980), covering Pharaonic, Achaemenids, Macedonians, Ptolemies,
Romans, Byzantines, Abbasids, Tulunids, Ikhshidids, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks,
Ottomans, and the Republic.
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“Tyrants of the Aegean”: ancient Greek coins.
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“Tyrants of the Seine”: coins of France from the Visigoths, Merovingians, Caro-
lingians, Capetians, Bourbons, and the Napoleonic empire, and more to follow.
For more information see the website at www.thetyrantcollection.com