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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8360765, member: 134416&quot;]Last time I jinxed myself by posting coins before I got them, but the jinx resulted in a much better coin.&nbsp; I also was anxious to get some more info about said coins I bought.</p><p><br /></p><p>A confluence of events forced a budget buy this time.&nbsp; I was going to go with a large Lucius Verus provincial from a vcoins German dealer (seems to be a hobbyist-dealer?, there were only close to 40 coins in the sold column), but then when I looked in acsearch, the same coin, same pic, same exact description was in a couple of semi-recent German auctions.&nbsp; There are oodles of perfectly innocent explanations - at least 2 come to mind, but I played safe (I had no dealings with said dealer) and went with a favorite dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really didn&#039;t know what I was going to buy, perhaps another Lucius Verus (which would be my first LV), but then I noticed a couple of coins from Marc B which caught my eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first; I bought it because it was so bizarre.&nbsp; Can someone who collects these clue me in on who the figures are supposed to be? I didn&#039;t know that Dr. Who&#039;s Cybermen were making coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483916[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Attribution:</b> Götz 10 a Steinhilber 137</p><p><b>Date:</b> 1350-1390 AD</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Facing bust between R-A</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Two facing busts below pointed gables</p><p><b>Size:</b> 18.27 mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 0.92 grams</p><p>(Marc B was making a Mr. Bill joke, although the obverse looks like a Troughton-era Cyberman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: a recent post insprired me to look for a super neat Seljuk type.&nbsp; The one below was the only one I found on Marc B&#039;s site, but a vcoins search turned up more; after the fact - (I guess I wasn&#039;t initially putting in the right terms). This will get me in the door until I upgrade it (probably soon). I would like a sharp lion and sun.&nbsp; Fellow members posted some very nice examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone clue me in on what the inscriptions say?</p><p><br /></p><p>In thirty years of collecting it&#039;s my first Islamic coin.&nbsp; The script-only designs aren&#039;t something I really collect.&nbsp; This design is right up my alley!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483918[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Attribution:</b> Mitch 982</p><p><b>Date:</b> 1240/1 AD, AH 638</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Lion walking right, above, sun flanked by two stars</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Kufic legend in four lines</p><p><b>Size:</b> 22.07mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 2.65 grams</p><p>the description said Sivas mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last was my first Bactrian/Indo-Greek coin in around 10 years.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably not covered by the recent MOU, but I was intrigued by the description as imitative (imitated by whom?) and I also liked the possible defiance which this coin represented.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483919[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Attribution:</b> MACW 1782</p><p><b>Date:</b> 160-145 BC</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Helmeted head of Menander right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Athena advancing left with raised shield, brandishing thunderbolt</p><p><b>Size:</b> 14.37mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 0.90 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know what mint this is imitating?&nbsp; I&#039;ve always liked Bactrian and Indo-Greek coins; they have neat designs, but I&#039;m not really into small coins.&nbsp; The tetradrachms are usually too expensive for me.&nbsp; I have only perhaps a half a dozen Bactrian/Indo-Greek coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I rather like the style. Do you think that it&#039;s truly an imitative issue?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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