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Japanese Gold 2 Shu (minted sometime between 1832 and 1858):

 

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Indo-Greek Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I Soter (minted sometime between 165 and 130 BCE):

 

Sassanid Silver Drachm of Khosrow II (minted in Yazd in either 625 or 626):

 

Emirate of Cordoba Silver Dirham of Al-Hakam I (minted in either 811 or 812):

 

Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover (try saying that 5 times fast). PCGS MS62

 

My pickups from the recent Noonan's auction in London, all GB shillings:

 

Afsharid Gold Ashrafi of Shah Rukh (minted in Mashhad sometime between 1750 and 1755):

 

Zand Gold 1/2 Mohur of Karim Khan Zand (minted in Isfahan in either 1770 or 1771):

 

Indo-Scythian Silver Tetradrachm of Azes II (minted in Taxila sometime between 30 and 20 BCE):

 

Ceylonese Gold Kahavanu of Vijayabahu the Great (minted sometime between 1055 and 1110):

 

OK - I have done some shopping!
These two are Indian. The first, the 1893 Rupee is straightforward. The second came marked as a Fanam of the Maratha Confederacy, but with no estimate of date - can anyone provide more info?

 

These two are way outside my usual field, but they seemed cheap!
First is labelled as a Silver Abbasi of al-Mansur dating 754 to 775 CE.
Second is labelled as a Georgian Silver Abbasi of 1131 CE.
Please let me know if anything here is incorrect!

 

Finally this is a Copper Star Denier of Bohemond III in Antioch 1163 to 1201 CE - a Crusader coin:

 

Always enjoy your updates. Cool coins

 

A less common mint in the Russian 5 Kopek series. This is a screen shot I have to live with until I have it in hand.



Russia, Empire. Catherine II CU 5 Kopeck. Tauric mint, 1788.

 

Not Bohemond III of Antioch. This is Raymond III of Tripoli 1152-1187 . AE pougeoise . Minted circa 1164-1173 .
CCS 11 var.

Best Regards.

 

Excellent - thanks for that! I was going by the auction house description, so it seems they did not know what they were talking about.