When I visited Tanzania in 2015, there didn't seem to be many coins in circulation, probably due to inflation (at the time, 1800 shillings = 1 US...
It looks genuine as far as I can see, but you need to rotate it clockwise 90 degrees from how it's showing your photo.
Or more specifically, it's a modern copy of a Widow's Mite (a small bronze coin of ancient Judaea that is mentioned in the Bible by Jesus in a...
Japan, 10 mon, 1708- 1709: [ATTACH] Although this coin type was tariffed as equal to 10 ordinary copper mon, it only weighed as much as three...
I won this coin last month in a John Anthony auction: [ATTACH] Arabia Felix, Himyarite Kingdom. AR Unit or quinarius (1.2 g, 15 mm, scyphate)....
Definitely one of the Indian states; narrowing it down, however, could take a while. On your first photo, if you rotate 180 degrees, there is a...
Modern fantasy. The portrait style is all wrong, surfaces look cast, I count two spelling errors in the obverse legend... I could go on, but you...
It's a three soldi of 1835 from Ticino Canton in Switzerland, KM#2. Not a rare coin (Krause gives a mintage of 332,000) and worth very little in...
Well, I've got my own Regna Adsignata sestertius that I posted a little while ago: [ATTACH] And a Rex Parthia Datus sestertius: [ATTACH] And a...
The wear pattern on the obverse seems a little weird to me- almost all the legend is very clear, except at the bottom between 4 and 6 o'clock...
My gut impression is Ayyubid, but that is just a (semi-educated) guess. I also recommend the Ancients forum on this site.
The small silver coin on the right may be from the Amirs of Sind, who ruled a territory in what is now Pakistan around 1000 AD. An expert may be...
Nice OP coin, I wrote up my example of the type last year along with reasons pro and con why it might (or might not) be a true Judaea Capta type:...
I have this satisfyingly large copper 40 reis from 1825. The "40" was over struck on an earlier coin as part of a revaluation of the currency:...
Congratulations to @Cucumbor, good luck in the next round! Though I do wish the final score had been a little closer. Feels a bit like Wabash...
Nice, my only Galba is a tetradrachm from Alexandria: [ATTACH]
Interesting idea. Looking closely at Sellwood and Sunrise, the last tetradrachms of Phraatakes alone (i.e. without his mother) are dated October...
Thanks @Cucumbor! I like your coin very much- it's a type that's been on my want list for a while now, and your beautiful example shows all the...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm (3.68 g, 21 x 16 mm). Phraatakes (2 BC- 4 AD). Mithradatkart mint. Obverse: Diademed bust left, star and...
Very interesting OP and topic! I have this Umayyad AE fals minted in Tabariya (Tiberias) in the early 700s AD that is over struck on an AE3 Late...
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