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I think it was a misread on the six hours (unless I am mistaken and that is a private coin), but I have something to play for this anyways. The griffin is barely visible, unfortunately, but I think it's my only griffin coin.

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Swedish Livonia
1654-1657 AD
Issued under Charles X Gustav
AR solidus | 0.57 grams | 14.5x15.5mm wide | 0.5 mm thick
Obv: CG monogram, CAROLVS GVSTAV DGRS
Rev: Griffin holding swords, SOLIDVS LIVONIAE

Next: another small (0.6 grams or less) silver coin

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Freiburg im Breisgau
AR Brakteat
Stebler or Hälbling = 1/2 Rappen
AD 1387
Obv.: Head of raven left, crescent? to left
Rev.: -
AR, 0.162g, 16mm (max)
Ref.: Freiburger Münzen und Medaillen No. 10, Jubiläumsschrift des Freiburger Münzsammelvereins 1997, No. 18
ex CNG e-auction 247 (12 Jan 2011)

 

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I had to cut out the middle of this coin to get it below your 0.16g weight, but this coin fits.

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Palembang Sultanate of Sumatra
1804-1805 AD (1219 AH)
Prototype issued under Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II
Most likely a small sized contemporary counterfeit
Tin pitis | 0.12 grams | 11mm wide | 8.5mm center hole
Obv: Masruf fi bilad Palembang 1219
Rev: Blank (uniface)

Ref: R#10.49, Z#293200

Next: another holed coin

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Here's a Roman outside Italy:

Nero AR Drachm, AD 56/57 (Year 3), Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate head of young Nero right, ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑ (beginning at upper right) / Rev. Tripod altar (supporting cauldron or lebes) with serpent entwined around center leg; ΔΡΑ-ΧΜΗ to sides (ΔΡΑ upwards on left; ΧΜΗ downwards on right), forming single word ΔΡΑΧΜΗ (“drachma”); above tripod, EP [for Year 105 of Caesarean Era) and Γ [for Nero’s Regnal Year 3]. McAlee 278(a) at p. 140 & n. 214 (ill. p. 141); Prieur 78; RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 4179 (1992); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4179.  18 mm., 3.65 g., 1 h. Purchased at CNG [Classical Numismatic Group, LLC] E-Auction 512, 23 March 2022, Lot 399.

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Next, a Nero denarius.

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Got this from eBay, misattributed to Cholas. However, it's a rare Pandyan issue with some interesting elements, on the obverse there's the unassuming Chola style standing king, but the reverse shows a couple of fishes (Pandian emblem) in the middle surrounded by the legends Ellanthalaiyan. Most agree on the issuer being Jatavarman Sundara Pandya 1251 CE–1268 CE, with the title Ellanthalaiyan (Ellam (all/everyone) -thalaiyan (leader), meaning 'Leader of all' after subjgating Cholas and other southern kingdoms of India. 

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I have seen many pronunciation/spelling of this title varying from each auction houses and blogs, however I have traced the lettering to the best of my knowledge and got எல்லாந்தலையன் (Ellanthalaiyan), old Tamil script doesn't have dots, so while it reads Elalaanathalaiyana, people back in the day would've still read it as Ellanthalaiyan, but what's interesting is the letters ந் and த being retrograde (the ones near the tails of the fish), which is curious given how these coin types have used Boustrophedon in their lettering. 

Next- a coin that got you into a rabbit hole.

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Crusaders, Antioch. Tancred (Regent, 1101-03, 1104-12). Æ Follis (23mm, 4.46g, 6h). Bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban and holding sword. R/ Cross pommetée; IC XC NI KA in quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 63-9; CCS 4a. Green patina

next: Hyperpyron of Manuel I, or after two hours, any scyphate Byzantine gold.

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17 minutes ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said:

Next: Augustus

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Augustus, Denarius -  Lyon mint, c.12 BCE
AUGUSTUS DIVI F, Bare head of Augustus right
IMP X, Bull butting right
3.77 gr
Ref : RCV #1610, Cohen #137

 

Next : Lyon (Lugdunum) mint

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32 minutes ago, AncientOne said:

Next:  Dupondius.

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Marcus Aurelius, Dupondius - Rome mint, c.168-169 CE
M ANTONINVS TRP XXIII, Radiate head of Aurelius right
SALVTI AVG COS III, Salus standing left, feeding a snake on an altar. S C in field
11.19 gr
Ref : Cohen #545, RCV #5042 var

 

Next : Salus

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Roman Republic, Manius Acilius Glabrio, AR Denarius, 50 BCE (Harlan and BMCRR) or 49 BCE (Crawford), Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Salus right, wearing necklace and earring, with hair collected behind in knot ornamented with jewels, SALVTIS upwards behind head / Rev. Valetudo [an alternate manifestation of Salus]* [Harlan says portrayal is of a statue of Valetudo] standing left, holding snake with right hand and resting left arm on column, MN•ACILIVS [downwards on right] III•VIR•VALETV [upwards on left] [MN and TV monogrammed].  RSC I Acilia 8, Crawford 442/1a, Sydenham 922, Sear RCV I 412 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 30 at pp. 229-238, BMCRR Rome 3945. 17.5 mm., 3.98 g.*

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* Valetudo was essentially another manifestation of Salus (portrayed on the obverse), the goddess of health and well-being -- a concept sometimes “extended to include not only physical health but also the general welfare of the Roman people, the army and the state.” John Melville Jones, Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (London, 1990) at p. 276.  This is the only Roman coin to depict a personification of Valetudo. See id. at p. 314.  [Rest of fn. omitted.]

Next: Snake on Roman Republican or Provincial coin.

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Lydia, Nakrasaionia
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Time of Trajan and Hadrian, 98-138 AD
Obv.: EΠΙ CΤΡΑ - ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΝΙΑΝΟΥ, bearded head of Herakles right
Rev.: NAKRA-CITΩN; snake encircling omphalos
AE, 16 mm, 2.8 g
Ref.: SNG München 335, SNG Copenhagen 295, Lindgren III 496

 

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Roman Empire
406 to 408 AD
Issued under Honorius
Antioch Mint
AE follis | 1.28 grams | 14mm wide
Obv: Bust of Honorius right, star behind, DN HONORIVS PF AVG
Rev: Three emperors forward, holding spears, shields, and a globe, GLORA ROMANORVM, ANT below

Next: another shield

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14 minutes ago, expat said:

Next: Constantine II

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Constantinus II, AE3 - Trier mint, 2nd officina ?
FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, draped and cuirassed bust right
PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Constantine Junior standing right, holding globe and spear, F in left field, T in right field, BTR at exergue
3.12 gr
Ref : Cohen # 143

 

Next : Prince of youth

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24 minutes ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said:

Next: coin of Trebonianus Gallus/Volusian.

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Trebonianus Gallus, AE 8 Assaria - - SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch.
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡƐΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹƐΒ, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right seen from rear
ΑΝΤΙΟΧƐΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, , Portable shrine with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated, facing, with river god (Orontes) facing, at her feet ; above temple, ram advancing right, head left ; Δ Ɛ across field above temple, SC at exergue ; and carry-bars at the base of the shrine
21.08 g - 30mm - 6h)
Ref : RPC vol IX # 1851, Sear # 4350, McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292 (same rev. die).

Next : 8 assaria

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