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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 3200788, member: 74799&quot;]Lead coins have been around for quite some time, including recent, more modern coins.&nbsp; The early coinage of the Danish India colony of Tranquebar was minted in lead:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Danish India, Tranquebar: Frederik III (1648-1670) Pb Cash (UBJ-109; KM#81) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Crowned F3 monogram</p><p>Rev: Norse lion left, E</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_UBJ-109.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But, for more ancient times, we have the following coinages:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gupta: Skandagupta (455-480) Pb Unit (Pieper 892-93)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Facing Garuda standing on snake-line object</p><p>Rev: Brahmi legend, with extra Brahmi legend above</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/ACR-892.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) Pb Tetarteron, Thessalonica (Sear-1934L1; DOC Pb.37; Grierson 1035)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b> Obv: Standing facing figures of John II, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and loros, and St. Demetrius, wearing short military tunic, breastplate and sagion, holding swords and between them, labarum on long shaft.</p><p>Rev: Alexius and Irene standing facing, both wearing crown, stemma, divitision and loros and holding between them cross on long shaft</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1934L1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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