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Message:: [QUOTE="Gao, post: 648207, member: 19409"]First of all, the "Greek" coin with the horse is actually Indo-Scythian, though I can't tell you much more from the picture. I'm thinking that the "Athena" coin (assuming that that's the 4th one down) is as well, because that writing doesn't look Greek (and that doesn't look like Athena to me). The "Bizentine" coin is actually from the Sassanid Empire, which controlled Iran and much of the Middle East in that period, and if they were right about the emperor (it looks right, but I don't know Sassanid coins that well, and it sounds like they made plenty of errors in attributions) it dates from 531-579. The Gallienus coins are indeed what he said they were, and the age was close (they could really fall just about anywhere from 253-268). You might want to show us the backs of these to see if we can help you identify them any better. Don't be afraid to take these out of their holders, as they're all reasonably common coins, even in this condition. I hope you didn't pay too much for them.[/QUOTE]