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I told a fellow cash collector in passing that I was getting settled in a new city after a move and he quickly asked for my address and sent a nice housewarming letter with it. Southern Song Dynasty of China1127 to 1131 AD (or later)Private contemporary counterfeit cast?AE cash | 2.61 grams | 26mm wideObv: Jian You Tong Bao in top-bottom-right-left orderRev: BlankRef: Z#293447, cf. Hartill #17.15-17.22 Next: another gift coin, or a coin related to a gift by image or history

Same here, I have already identified all of my Japanese cash and already want to get a new batch of Kanei Tsuho pieces. These things are fun once you understand the intentional calligraphy that each mint used as their own style, a deliberately hidden mint mark on each coin. I do not understand the calligraphy, but Hartill's book Early Japanese Coins is easy to identify with! Japan1636-1640 ADShiba MintAE Shiba-sen | 3.68 grams | 24.5mm wideObv: Kan Ei Tsu Ho (Kanei Tsuho)Rev: BlankRef: H#4.10, Z#293123 1704-1710 ADKameido MintAE Yottsuho-sen | 2.41 grams | 23mm wideRef: H#4.110, Z#293151 1726-1732 ADJumantsubo MintAE Jumantsubo-sen | 2.71 grams | 24mm wideRef: H#4.126, Z#293147 1767-1774 ADNagasaki MintAE Nagasaki-sen | 2.59 grams | 23mm wide | Lightly magneticRef: H#4.208, Z#293121Obv: Kan Ei Tsu Ho (Kanei Tsuho)Rev: Naga character above, although tough to see Next: two (or more) coins that are similar but different

The Czech seller who listed this on eBay called it a Japanese mon coin, although that super unique hexagonal center hole stood out to me like a sore thumb. It's Javanese, not Japanese! It's in such low quality that the ~$10-15 still wasn't really a 'bargain', but I was excited to get my first Javanese cash coin. It is from the Banten Sultanate which dominated the pepper trade. Banten Sultanate (Bantam) of Java, present-day Indonesiac. 1546-1596 ADJayakarta Mint (?) AE cash | 2.28 grams | 28mm wide Obv: Pangeran Ratou Rev: Ja character Ref: Zeno.ru#258445 Next: same topic

My only guess is something Indian or some kind of civic coinage from the Persian <-> Pakistan <-> Afghanistan region, but I really don't know. I even put it on Zeno.ru (#305439) for help to no avail. India or Central Asia?c. 1400-1800s AD?AE | 4.06 grams | 18.5mm wide Next: how about a coin that you did identify?

Kingdom of Englandc. 1689 AD So-called 'Rose Farthing' Gilded bronze token Ref: my CoinTalk thread Next: another 'off-metal' piece, different from most other examples of its type. For example, this is the only gilded piece of this rose farthing series I can find

Katane, Sicily216 to 206 BC Issued anonymouslyAE chalkous | 4.42 grams | 18mm wideObv: Busts of Serapis and Isis Rev: KATANAION, Apollo standing left with column to the right, holding a branch and bow Next: more bronze island coins

Seleucid Empire223 to 211 AD Issued under Antiochus III at the Antioch MintAE size E | 1.74 grams | 10mm wideObv: Laureate bust head facing right Rev: Apollo standing to the left, leg bent out, resting/leaning on his bow, the legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY surrounding (only ΣIΛEΩΣ visible) Ref: Seleucid Coins pt. 1 #1052, Zeno.ru#293161 Next: more little bronze, 10mm or smaller

Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatrac. 800 to 1300 AD Issued anonymously, perhaps even by merchants or religious institutesTin bead (~0.5 grams)Obv: Fish facing rightRev: Star with 5 rays Recovered from the Musi River of Palembang Next: more celestial symbols, although not necessarily as main design

6 hours Pontus, AmisosCirca 85 to 65 BC Issued anonymouslyAE | 7.48 grams | 21mm wideObv: Aegis facing front within an octagonal borderRev: Nike walking right holding palm, AMI-ΣOY Ref: SNG-BMC Black Sea#1182 Next: more Pontus

Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatrac. 800 to 1300 AD Issued anonymously, perhaps even by merchants or religious institutesTin unitObv: Brahmi script Ma characterRev: Fish facing left Recovered from the Musi River of Palembang Next: another fish coin

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This e-sen makes me really happy. The e-sen are the tokens or charms which originated from Japan. Their early history is pretty unknown but they were common and appeared in hundreds of types by the 1700s when Japanese catalogers began to record them. This is my first authentically old e-sen, at least a century but I would suggest as old as the 1700s. The charm is especially cool to me because of its provenance- it used to be owed by Wybrand Op den Velde who coauthored the English standard for Korean charms. This piece, being Japanese, is not covered by the book, unfortunately, but I was still very excited to have a coin from an author who's work I have in my library. Furthermore, I've always just really enjoyed the traditions of using the square-hole coin standard as a medium to use for further art. It is pretty similar to the way jetons and historical medals were used in Europe and elsewhere but these Japanese charms usually depict more culturally traditional scenes and less specific events and locations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_numismatic_charm Japanc. 1690 to 1900 ADAnonymous e-senAE charm | 7.94 grams | 24mm wide | 2.25mm thickObv: Man pulling a grudging horse with bundle by lead, called 綱踏駒曳, an allegory 'to force without brains is useless'Rev: BlankRef: Hartill EJC#7.87var, Z#220251Ex: Wybrand Op den Velde Next: a coin and its provenance (not necessarily important or notable)

United Kingdom1797 ADIssued under George IIIAE 'cartwheel' penny | big and hefty Next: anything within 10 years of the year 1800

This one is no longer in my collection, it's in the warehouse of SARC awaiting auction in coming months. It'll be my first cosigned coin which I'm excited about. This coin was issued under Sultanah Kamalat Shah, the last woman ruler of Aceh who's reign ended nearly sixty years of matriarchal rule over the important port and sultanate which overlooked the Malacca Strait trade between China, India, and new-coming European powers pushing their way into the spice trade. Aceh Sultanate of Sumatra (Indonesia)1688 to 1699 ADIssued under Sultanah Kamalat Shah, the last woman ruler of Aceh ending nearly sixty years of AV kupang | 0.57 grams | 13mm wideObv: In Arabic, Paduka Sri Sultanah Kamalat ShahRev: In Arabic, Zainat ad-Din berdaulat ShahRef: Leyten A20 Next: more gold

Late Hoysalas or Vijayanagar of South IndiaCirca 1300 to 1600s ADIssued anonymouslyAV fanam | 0.39 grams | 8mm wideObv: Stylized standing boar facing right, four legs of three dots each, with snout and tail outrightRev: Stylized lion standing right, crescent aboveRef: Z#278264 Next: another coin where the issuing kingdom is unknown or unsure

I got this coin at least a decade ago at a local coin show by an older man whose name I have forgotten unfortunately, but it was my first ancient coin. He kindly explained a quick rundown of Roman history that entirely went over my head, and then parted with this thing for a few dollars which I knew was a bargain. He also sold a couple other coins to me like two nice Arabic silver dinars (one is still the nicest in my collection!) and maybe one or two others that I can't think of right now. He was the only dealer there with a velvet case which I thought was especially classy. Roman Empire265 to 267 ADIssued under Gallienus at the Rome MintAE Antoninianus | 2.26 grams | 21mm wide Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust right Rev: SALVS AVG, XII, Salus standing right feeding serpent in armsRef: RIC 274a Next: your first ancient coin, or as close as you've got

Roman Empire340 ADIssued under Constans at the Trier Mint, 1st OfficinaAE4 | 1.49 grams | 16mm wideRef: RIC VIII#111 Next: more green patina

Link: Consecratio eagle Roman Empire270 to 275 ADIssued in the name of Claudius IIAE antoninianus | 2.59 grams | 17mm wideObv: DIVO CLAVDIO, Radiate bust rightRev: CONSECRATIO, Eagle

Roman Empire406 to 408 ADIssued under Honorius at the Antioch MintAE follis | 1.28 grams | 14mm wideObv: Bust of Honorius right, star behind, DN HONORIVS PF AVGRev: Three emperors forward, GLORIA ROMANORVM ANTRef: RIC X #153 Next: another coin with at least four people or gods

6 hours Zangid Dynasty of Syria 1178/1179 AD = 574AH Issued under As-Salih Ismail al-MalikAE fals | 3.85 grams | 23mm wide Next: more Arabic/Islamic coinage

Most people think of medieval Europe when they think of bracteate coins, but there were a handful of trading kingdoms in Southeast Asia which minted small silver bracteate coins. Included amongst these issues is the following coin which I believe to be the smallest standardized coins (by weight) in the ancient world (pre-1700s). Some authors think these minute coins were made simply to be donative pieces gifted by royals and elites to temples, continuing a Buddhist tradition where the number of donative pieces, largely regardless of their size or quality, indicates the reverence or holiness of the donor. Mon city-states of Lower Burma (Myanmar) c. 500 to 900s ADAR bracteate | 0.03 grams | 7mm wideObv: Simplified srivatsa symbol appearing as a flower with four petals and a dimple, above a spireRev: Repoussé effect of imageRef: Mitchiner 565-571, Htun pl. 155.3, Mahlo app. 14 Next: a coin type you've never seen posted here by anyone else

6 hours Tutuks of Ferghana - Silk Road c. 7 to 8th centuriesAE cash | 1.19 grams | 15x16mm wideObv: Runic letter "ush" right, surrounding 'lpw y'y'n twtwyRev: BlankRef: Smirnova #1445, Hartill GCC #4.28, Z#305425 Next: another poor condition but beloved (by you) coin

6 hours Ming Dynasty of China1628 to 1644 ADIssued under Chongzhen Emperor at the Guizhou MintAE Cash | 24.5mm wide | 2.65 gramsObv: Chong Zhen Tong BaoRev: Gui for GuizhouRef: Hartill #20.296, Z#295561 Next: another 17th century coin

Late Hoysalas or Vijayanagar of South IndiaCirca 1300 to 1600s ADIssued anonymouslyAV fanam | 0.39 grams | 8mm wideObv: Stylized standing boar facing right, four legs of three dots each, with snout and tail outrightRev: Stylized lion standing right, crescent aboveRef: Z#278264 Next: another lion, boar, or gold coin