Identify the Mystery Coin!

What is it? First correct answer will receive a two-week paid vacation to Hawaii for 2.*

AR, 7.9g, 27mm



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Im guessing its something eastern?

 

Looks like a drachm of Persis. Rather crude, but then again some of them were. Am I right JA?

 

Is it an arabian coin imitating the types of Alexander III??

 

Yeah, that would have been the second guess, Arabia Felix. So, can I tag alone with you on this imaginary Hawaiian vacation?

 

Not Persis, larger than a drachm, not Arabia.

 

Plastic play money?

 

Lol, that would be a funny prank - I will remember it for future reference! But it is an authentic ancient coin.

 

Mr. Sallent is on the right track as this coin was minted by a culture that was once a part of the Persian Empire.

 

Arachosia??

 

Getting warmer!...

 

Central Asian Euthydemos imitation, like the ones here: http://www.sogdcoins.narod.ru/english/sogdiana/w_coins.html

 

And we have a winner! We don't see too many Sogdians around these parts.

 

Cool, it's a neat coin. Sorry Sallent no imaginary trip to Hawaii for us

 

Damn. Too late. I was going to say Sogdiana, I guess no point getting my books out!

 

You have a nice coin! I saw it pop up for sale but you snapped it up very quickly. Here is my earliest Bukara coin, an obol of Hyrcodes.

 

Supposedly modelled after one of these:

 

Cool thread, JA ...

Oh, and sweet coin, Ed (thanks again for your help with my Aegis coin-collection)

Hmmm, sadly I only have one Sogdiana example ...



LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. Samarkand (Pre-Ikhshid). AR Obol
4th-5th centuries AD
Diameter: 11 mm
Weight: 0.42 grams
Obverse: Bearded male head left; [Sogdian legend around]
Reverse: Schematic soldier standing facing, hand on hip and holding bow
Reference: Cf. Senior A8.6i (for type); cf. Zeno 110045 (same)
Other: 12 h ... nicely toned

=> coins rock!!

 

I know I am slow since I do not live online but I'll post since I have a hardcopy book on this. It is #37 in The Ancient Coins of Central Asia by E. Rtveladze, 1987. I bought this book years ago but keep finding coins in it that cross my path. The author did a good job selecting the commonly seen ones even if some will say everything i the book is rare. The book is trilingual Uzbeck, Russian and English. You get the English: Eutidemos (sic) Imitation (IInd-IVth centuries AD) Obv. Laur. bust right wearing Tiara Rev. Hercules seated on omphalos holding club on right. Sogdian legend Silver D-26 W-9.9 Museum of History named after Oibek

Theirs is a strong strike with no wear of consequence.

 

I have a couple Sogdianas...


Sogdiana - Western - Hyrcodes
ca 3rd-4th C CE
AR Scyphate Obol or Reduced Drachm 12mm 0.56g
Bukhara mint
Male-Deity
BMC Bactria p118


Sogdiana
silk road 700-800 CE
AE Cash
Tamga Samitan
RARE