I got these in a deceased estate along with a large collection of world coins and some war medals. All I know is the first one is BC Second one looks to be Roman and could be silver however it may have been dipped. They were in a boxed display with two others titled "Four Millenniums of Coinage" no COA or ID except the receipt of purchase which was £360 ($480) in 2007, a London Mint Office (private company) rip off for sure.
The first one is a Parthian coin, seems of the same type I posted yesterday. Drachm of Mithridates III, king of Parthia, 87 BC - 79 BC, Ekbatana mint, Sellwood.31.6 (as Orodes I); Shore.123 (as Orodes I). Obv.: diademed and draped bust of Mithridates III to left, wearing tiara decorated with a star. Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/MEΓAΛOY (top) APΣ-AKOY (right) AYTOKPATOPOΣ/ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ (bottom) EΠIΦANOYΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (left), Arsakes I seated right, holding a bow. The second one is a denarius of Septimius Severus from Roman Empire. It is one of the below types: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.122C http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.500 Edit: @maridvnvm pointed out below that the Roman coin is from the Rome mint (RIC.IV.122), hence check out the first link for its full details.
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The small medieval one is possibly a denaro piccolo from Verona around mid 13th century, minted under Frederick II of Svevia or later.
This is not an exact match but was $44 in 1993 (ex. Fred Shore) This (also a minor variant) was $35 in 1997. (What mint?) I hope those two modern coins were worth the remainder. In 2007, I suspect the coins were about $100 and the packaging about $380 which was pretty standard then for things like this sold to non collectors. The overexposed photos make it hard to compare the coins but I think it is safe to say the 2020 value is still nowhere near the price paid in 2007. Are people still marketing such cardboard packs or has that gone out of fashion?
There are four coins, each coin from a millennium, so I guess you have “four coins from assorted millenia”
The London Mint Office are notorious for scamming the gullible. I found many receipts for coins the guy bought and the prices were akin to robbery. He paid £45 for a 1967 GB Halfpenny and a 1971 GB Penny. I scrap those in bulk for the copper.
