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Message:: [QUOTE="Multatuli, post: 3204689, member: 89266"]Another memorable thread! I had no knowledge of nickel Bactrian coins, nor was I unaware of nickel coins before the nineteenth century. Very interesting! It's amazing how much I learn every time I access this forum. I own 3 lead coins from a Roman city called Balsa, Lusitania (currently called Tavira, in the Algarve region of Portugal). There is a very interesting archeological site there, and with the advent of detectorism, these coins that were considered very rare, came to appear. Most of them in deplorable states of conservation, of course. The interesting thing about these coins is precisely that we are not sure about them: what is their real value? Are they real coins or tokens? Can they be votive pieces? By convention, they end up being named such as Roman coins: semis, triens, quadrans, sextans. I doubt, however, that a citizen there could buy a loaf of bread or pay for a drink with his lead coins in a tavern in Trastevere ... Most coins have tuna, dolphins or boats with masts. Others identify the name of the city: BALS. What is speculated is that they were probably minted in the 1st century BC.[ATTACH=full]830223[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]830224[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]830229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830225[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]830226[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]830227[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]830228[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]830234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830235[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]830237[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]