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Help With Three Very Old Silver Greek Coins

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farerob
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Hi again, I need some help with these three coins.

The first two seem to be from Ionia, Miletos, but I can't find a direct match to them so I welcome all thoughts about them.

The third coin appears to be the Persian king from the Achaemenid Kingdom in the kneeling-running stance right holding dagger and bow, quiver with arrows over shoulder. It's fairly worn, but what I'm curious about are the punch holes in it. I have had a few of these in the past, but never one that was punched by a new ruler. Anyone ever seen one like this?

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It's kind of hard to comment on details of these coins, due to the small pics.
The last coin may have a "test cut" to verify the silver content?
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Test punches, cuts and countermarks are common on Persian sigloi. Some have as many as ten on one coin. Bankers of the day were not very trusting?

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