Thanks. That German half-mark was only thirty-some bucks, already in a PCGS MS65 holder with a TrueView image! Would've been very difficult to pass up. So I didn't. Let's move from the Czech Republic into 16th century Hungary. Speaking of awesome coins for incredibly cheap prices, this monster-toned 1516 Hungarian denar set me back less than 20 bucks, and several of the others I had in that collection cost me less than $10!
Never seen that type before. Neat. Let's cross the Black Sea from Romania's coast and head to Asia Minor, into the mists of more than two millennia. Miletus/Miletus was/is in what is now modern Turkey, so play from Turkey. (This continues my "cool cheapos" streak, since I got this awesome little ancient for the princely sum of 26 bucks. The NGC slab I later got for it cost more than the coin.)
Greece. It is easy to see that their modern day coinage often is inspired by the ancient designs and art forms.
A Turkish coin for use on the island of Lesbos. A Greek island off of the coast of Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbos
Turkey. Looking at the map, that island of Lesbos looks so close to Turkey that I am surprised Greece can claim it. There may have been some dispute about that in the past.
Armenia. This one could be yours for the low, low price of $0.00! It's my 2018 New Year giveaway coin! Armenia: 500-dram, "Noah's Ark", 1 oz. .999 silver, 2018.
Here. To Iran. (This one's a repeat, I'll admit.) Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817), Yazd mint (PCGS MS62; population 3 with none higher as of 12/20/2017)
Yes. That is why I included the Wiki in my post. It was under Ottoman rule for hundreds of years and only became part of The Kingdom of Greece in 1912.
I think your Bhutan coin looks fine. Here are a couple similar examples I got from a very reputable and knowledgeable collector in Canada. He has actually traveled to Bhutan a few times to get coins. I likely have the orientation of the images wrong, sorry, hard to tell with coins like this.
Thanks. I just can't find that particular type with the six dots and the X in any of the three Standard Catalogs from 1700 through 2000. I've been burned a bit lately with fakes so I guess I am a little over sensitive. Anyway, here is a similar looking coin from Cooch Behar on the other side of the border between Bhutan and India.