Posted in wrong thread. My bad!
Exact diameter in millimeters will determine the precise date, but the small one is an issue of emperor Xuanzong from the Board of Revenue mint,...
Yours is off the flan. Missing (but known) letters are indicated by brackets. (YΠ)[Y]
I believe that is a YΠ monogram. Ligate letters are traditionally indicated by parentheses, so (YΠ).
Interesting. Can you post Sinclair's description? (FYI, it should be in public domain now)
Its a great motivator, I think. Particularly if you're not usually very droven to learn languages.
Rats. I just lost my 117 day streak on Duolingo. Now's the chance for you guys to catch up!
Well that's a good point. I shouldn't have second guessed myself. Doug, I'll cede my turn to you, since I'm out of town and responding from my...
Yo yo Johannes? At least one of his contemporaries. The portraiture of this period doesn't really distinguish.
Upvote for banana
Bottom "blob" is Japanese. I'm away from my references, but if someone else wants to check Hartill it shouldn't be hard to find.
Just dive in! With Duolingo, you learn via immersion and trial and error. It can be a little frustrating when they introduce a new concept, but it...
Wow! Great response, guys! We should all add each other on Duolingo. My username there is Ardatirion as well.
Mines all clearly organized in my gallery. I still have a dozen or so to add to both the tesserae and Islamic sections.
It's a bronze coin of Arados in Phoenicia. Dated in the local civic era. Your date may be different from that below....
The language is Phoenician. I'll let one of our other members have fun IDing it.
At that size, it should be a billon Kurush. Slight correction - the date is actualy RY 25 (AD 1833/4)
If yoy get the size/weight, I can tell you the denomination and the value.
Size and weight? In any case, it is an issue of the Ottoman Empire, Mahmud II, struck in Constantinople, dated RY 20 (AD 1828/9) and AH 1223...
Vos bons mots sont assez! Si vous lisez l'allemand....
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