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12 minutes ago, JayAg47 said:

French India Gallic Rooster.

Looks quite ancient. Without the year, I can imagine people searching the ancient coin databases.

Here is another clash of very different neighbors. Mongolia <>China

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Emperor: Wu Zong (Külüq Khan)
Obv: blank
Value: 10
Year: 1310-1311
Material: AE, 22.83g, 41.5mm
Literature: Hartill 19.46, FD 1733, S1099

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

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Gadhaiya paisa 1 Drachm

Gadhaiya paisa (Rajputana and Gujarat Region) 800-950
Obverse-Stylized Head of King Right.
Reverse-Stylized Fire Altar and Moon
VAS# 11, MNI# 421

Next...Drachm

 

Drachm, Azes

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Kharoshti script on a wooden plate in the National Museum of India in New Delhi

Kharoshti script on a wooden plate in the National Museum of India in New Delhi

 

Next: kharoshthi (𐨑𐨪𐨆𐨯𐨠𐨁) legend

 

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Hermaios and Calliope, 90-70 BC.
Bactrian AR drachm, 16.2 mm, 1.80 gm.
Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΟΠΗΣ, jugate busts, right.
Rev: Kharoshthi legend: maharajasa tratarasa heramayasa / kaliyapaya, king on rearing horse, right; monogram below.
Refs: BMC India p. 66, 1-2; Sear 7739; Forrer 53; SNG ANS 1319-25; MIG (Mitchiner) 408b; Bopearachchi 2B.

Next: King/Queen or Emperor/Empress jugate.

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Kings of Tharce
Rhoemetalkes I and Pythodoris with Augustus
Circa 11 BC-AD 12
Obv.: KAIΣAΡOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΥ, Bare head of Augustus right.
Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, Jugate heads of Rhoemetalkes and his queen Pythodoris right.
AE, 10.61g, 23.9mm
Ref.: RPC 1711

 

Next: Augustus

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Vespasian, AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.47g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 79. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Laureate head of Vespasian right. Rev: TR-POT X-COS VIIII; Capricorn left; below, globe. Ref: RIC 1058; BMC 251; RSC 554. Good Very Fine, lightly toned with a modicum of luster. From the Syracuse Collection of Ancient Coins; Ex Berk 108 (May 1999), Lot 328. Ex Stacks Bowers Coin Galleries Auction 94 (7 July 2011), Lot 1100. 

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Next: Vespasian, not from Rome.

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Vespasian from Cidramus.

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Caria, Cidramus. Vespasian Æ20

Obv: ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ. Laureate head of Vespasian, r.
Rev: ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟϹ ϹƐΛƐΥΚΟΥ ΚΙΔΡΑΜΗΝΩΝ. Cult statue of Artemis, veiled and with polos on head, standing facing.
Magistrate Pamphilos Seleukou.
RPC II, 1259

 

Next: Vespasian provincial

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"More Celtic"

 

Celtic Gaul, Senones AE Cast Potin (below)

Date: 100-50 BC

Diameter: 17.8 mm

Weight: 4.0 grams

Obverse: Head right

Reverse: Stylized horse with pellets around ... ummm, or horse playing soccer?

Ex-stevex6

 

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FRANCE. CELTIC TRIBES OF GAUL 

CORIOSOLITE CLASS IIB BILLON STATER (below)

Date: 80-50 BC

Diameter: 20.69 mm
Weight: 6.13 grams
Obverse: Stylized Celtic head right
Reverse: Celticized rider on horseback right, below, boar right

Reference: De LaTour 6598
Ex-stevex6 … From an old French collection

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NEXT => more horses playing soccer

Ummm, or "rider on horseback"

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