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Author Topic: Five ancient bronze coins - Similar but not the same - can you help please?  (Read 1420 times)

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I have put five coins up together because I believe that something on one might help I.D. the other.

I want to say Kushan, but really, they could belong anywhere.

Can you help me please?

They are all around AE 12.5 mm, and weigh up to 2.3 gm.

I am not 100% certain that I have them all the right way up, either.

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Doesn't anyone have any ideas that might help identify these coins?

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Regardless of whether your coins are associated with each other in origin, the rule is one coin per thread. :-\

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I am sorry Arados. I did check the rules prior to posting my thread and Rule number 1. DOES say . . . . .
 
1.  ONE COIN PER POST.  Do not post groups of coins unless you have a group of coins that are all the same exact type.

I DID think that all of the coins were the same type, (a type being all hemiobols, or all denarii, etc.)
I feel that the phrase " . . .all the exact same type." is open to interpretation, however, if my understanding is incorrect, I do apologise to the members.
My mistake was inadvertent, and,  I am not alone (see "A fistful of coins . . . ")

If members are not contributing because of this, please tell me how do I fix this?

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A denarius is a denomination, not a type. What exactly a 'type' is is indeed interpreted differently by collectors and though I can't tell for sure for the first two coins, your coins may well be the same type according to my definition.
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My personal interpretation of same type would include, city, obverse/reverse and if applicable weight, size and denomination.

They could possibly originate from the same city, unfortunately from your photos it is practically impossible to be 100% sure, hense one coin per thread. However to be fair, i can see similarities between coins 3,4 and 5.

Also one can see a tamgha monogram far left on coin 1 indicating possibly Kushan.



 

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