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Living objects are much more colorful and interesting than our dead metal objects. But coins can´t escape. How do you avoid the animals to flee before the pic is finished?

They are quite abundant. Meanwhile i assembled 9 of these, each in the 20-40 $ range: http://www.arminius-numismatics.com/coppermine1414/cpg1414/thumbnails.php?search=Svoronos+148f+974&submit=search&album=search&title=on&newer_than=&caption=on&older_than=&keywords=on&type=AND Maybe these are the most common ancient huge bronze coins available for an affordable price. Regards

Hello, looks like a modern fake for tourists, regards

Should be this type: Kings of Egypt, Ptolemaios III or IV, Alexandria mint, 246-204 BC., Æ 40 (Hemidrachm, Tetrobol or Pentobol ?) (ca. 37-39 mm / ca. 40-50 g), Obv.: diademed head of Zeus Ammon facing right. Rev.: ΠTOΛEMAIOY - BAΣIΛEΩΣ , eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right, wings closed, control letter E between legs, filetted cornucopia ascending from eagle´s right shoulder. Svoronos 148f, 974 (pl. 29, 12) ; BMC 66, 37 ; Weiser 91 ; Sear GCV 7815 . Ptolemy III - Alexandria EPSILON Series. Lorber has attributed these coins to the early part of the reign of Ptolemy III as heavy weight standard hemidrachms while some other references differ. Weiser attributes them as Pentobols of Ptolemy IV. (My estimation from the observed weight: a tetrobol.)Regards

The top coin maybe this: Apamea, ca. 1st cent. B.C. Obv: Turreted head of Tyche facing right, dotted border. Rev: Nike advancing holding filleted wreath, ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ THΣ EIPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, AN in far left field, Seleukid era date to left of Nike. The second one this or very similar: Syria, Cyrrhestica, Cyrrhus, Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180 AE 23 mm, obv. AVTO KM AVRH]- ANTWNINOC CEB Bust, laureate, r. rev. DIOC KATEBATOV - KVRRHCTWN Zeus Kataibates, in himation, std l. on rocks, resting r. arm on knee, holding thunderbolt in r. hand and leaning with l. hand on sceptre; l. before him eagle r. SNG UK 1301, 660 Kataibates = descending (in lightning and thunder); epikleisis of Zeus as thunder-god, to whom places struck by thunder (lat. putealis) were sacrified. regards,

One Arabic, the others Roman. I see the emperors Gallienus and Constantine. Please post them in singular posts. regards

The first one is from 20th century Yemen, the second medieval Sri Lanka, no. 3 is modern Tibet and the last two should be Spanish cob money about 1600 AD. Please post them without plastic frames and one coin per post. regards

Hello, should be this type: Constantine II., Siscia mint, 5th officina, 328-329 AD., Follis / Æ3 , Obv.: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C , laureate head of Constantine II right. Rev.: PROVIDEN - TIAE CAESS / • Є SIS crescent? (in exergue) , campgate with turrets, star above. cf. RIC VII, 216 (rated c3, = very common) . regards

Looks genuine - but worn and "over-cleaned". Regards

Looks like a modern cast copy, type "tourist fake".

Hello, i tried to contact http://www.napoleonicmedals.org for some data and id´s of tokens of the Napoleonic era, also Vern / user "everno" (as it´s his website) - but got no response so far. Does anybody know what happened? Thanks

Licinius II Caesar, Arles mint in France, 317-318 AD. Av.: VAL LICINIVS NOB CAES, Rev.: IOVI CO-NSERVATORI / R - S (in fields) // TARL (exergue) Ref. Ferrando I 558 ; Ferrando II 718 (C3) ; RIC.128

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Thanks for the elaborate presentation of this rare and interesting material!

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My guess: Afghanistan 18th century, anonymous civic issue. Search and compare Valentine´s book, the Afghanistan pages 156 ff. : https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6535344M/Modern_copper_coins_of_the_Muhammadan_states_of_Turkey_Persia_Egypt_Afghanistan_Morocco_Tripoli_Tuni regards

The expression "collect" would be exaggerated. I take them if they are interesting or pretty and a bargain.

first row: Japan, 1877 AD., Mutsuhito (Meiji era), 2 Sen - Zanzibar, 1882 AD., Sultan Barghash Ibn Sa'id, 1 Pysa, KM 1. second row: British India, 1835 AD., East India Company, Calcutta mint, 1/4 Anna, Pridmore 141. - 1813 AD., Denmark, Frederik VI, Copenhagen mint, 1 Rigsbankskilling, KM 680. regards

I´m using a cheap supermarket digicam with macro function. For dark and bigger coins 1 use black background. The essential step: Original pics of ca. 4000 x 400 pixels are reduced, edited and combined to 1024 x 512 pixels by software programs.

"Goals for collecting" sounds like "fighting for peace" to me. As a hunter i need opportunity, chance and bargain. However i try to focus on ancient Greek and Roman coins with good Classical or Hellenistic style and less modern issues. (but the i see the still very attractive Lithuanian and Latvian latest issues, ... )