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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 7593462, member: 75936&quot;]It was my birthday yesterday and mother gave me $100 to spend on coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, $100 doesn&#039;t buy much for a one-per-Roman/British-ruler collector who already has every ruler in that price range. It won&#039;t buy me a Cromwell crown or a Glycerius solidus!</p><p><br /></p><p>So i decided to start a new collection of one-per-non-classical culture coins, and this is what i came up with:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <b>Himyarite Kingdom</b></p><p>Quinarius of one Tha&#039;rān Ya&#039;ūb Yuhan’im:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307928[/ATTACH]</p><p>I don&#039;t know much about this culture except it existed around modern day Yemen during the 1st/2nd centuries. These small cup-shaped silver coin looked really cool to me. If you know more about it, please tell!</p><p><br /></p><p>2. <b>Indo-Greek </b></p><p>Drachm of Apollodotus II</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307930[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1307931[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only coin i have that is bi-lingual - with the Greek legend on the obverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ KAI ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ / AΠOΛΛOΔOTOY</p><p>And the Kharoshthi legend on the reverse: Maharajasa tratarasa / Apaladatasa</p><p><br /></p><p>The deity is Athena Alkidemos - which helps historians to assign this little-known ruler to the Menander I Dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Fun fact - ever since i started Russian lessons, i can now read Greek, since 75% of the letters are similar!)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. Nabatean Kingdom</b></p><p>AE16 of Aretas IV, with Shaqilat <b></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1307933[/ATTACH]</b></p><p>Having visited Petra (and loved it), I wanted a coin from the peak of the Nabatean period when most of the spectacular monuments were created<b>. </b>Aretas IV ruled for 49 years. On this coin he&#039;s pictured with his second wife Shaqilat.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think these are awesome new additions to my collection. I wanted a coin of Axum but had no change leftover! Ethiopia was one of the last countries i visited before COVID hit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies - I haven&#039;t posted here for ages since i haven&#039;t bought any new ancient coins for many months (my focus has been on British rulers so far this year).</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of non-classical cultures, and fun facts about them<b> - the weirder the better!</b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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