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Identification Of Small Hemidrachmes ?

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 Posted 06/09/2012  3:40 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Socrate to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Any idea what these very small coins are ? Are they hemidrachmes ?

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Interesting group of coins. Hopefully someone from the Ancients section would be able to help you out. I have no idea about this coin type.
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A lot of them seem to feature the same or a similar obverse. They don't appear to be Greek to me. They look like coins from the Parthian Empire which spanned from 247 B.C. until 224 A.D. I really only know about coins of the Roman Empire, but there maybe someone else who knows more about them than I do. Try posting this over in the ancients forum!

Oh and by the way,
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I find that if you place a coin that most people know the size of, like the Lincoln Cent that is 3/4" wide with the smaller coins, you'll get a better idea of the size of the smaller coins...

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Socrate: Welcome to the CCF!

Definitely Parthian bronzes. The silver is more commonly found.
Quite a nice little group!

As far as the denomination is concerned, the naming of them is uncertain.

I have Percy Gardner's book
The Coinage of Parthia (publ. 1968, San Diego), illustrates quite a few bronzes, gives their mass, but not their denomination.

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Hello thank for your replies, they put me in the right direction in fact some of these small coins seem to be from Ordes II, Seleusia, Parthian Empire Circa 58-37 BC.
I have also this one which is apparently a sesterce from Nero but I wonder if it is authentic.






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Socrate: Have a look at the
'tesorillo' website, to educate yourself in the identification of fake ancient coins.
It is Spanish based, but if you can read Spanish, that would be an advantage for you.
Some of information is mechanically translated into English and French.

Your sestertius of Nero looks OK on the screen, but if you are doubtful, it will require close examination by an expert.

The 'Calgary Coins' website also has good information on the identification of fake ancient coins.
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To Susanlynn9 sorry to have started another topic but at first I thought that I had posted in the wrong forum.
Thanks all for your replies
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