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This was part of a world lot I recently acquired, and I know nothing about ancient coins. I suspect this is an Iranian coin, but I would appreciate someone shedding some light on this thing...   "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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SPP.....  ....neat looking coin, I don't have any idea what you got there.....there will be some great minds come by, I'm sure you'll get some info...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am not sure it could be a couple things. Weight would appreciated. It does appear to have text Persian? It could be also an Indian Copper "dump " coin. 20.0g or so? I do suspect the coin is not "ancient" but medieval, and Islamic.
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United States
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Interesting looking coin. The only thing I can say is that it looks like it might be Islamic. If you rotate the first image about 90 degrees to the right the center image looks like an urn. Wish I could be of more help but these type of coins have always be very difficult for me to attribute.
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11/20/2012 07:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are many Islamic and Indian experts on the worldofcoins.eu forum.... They could help you, many are very good at teading Persian ( not taking anything away from the guys here for sure)
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In my opinion, time is also money, I think I will stop investing time in this piece, and put it out on ebay, with 99 cents and no reserve. If there is lots of activity, then the people who have the knowledge deserve the coin - if it does not sell, it will go into a world coin lot that I routinely hand out to kids at coin shows. Thanks for looking and trying to help.  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd by that for a dollar! AHAHA!
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Canada
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Just a follow up - traded it for a pint of beer... we both were happy...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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traded it for a pint of beer There is no more a refreshing trade than that, I salute you  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that's an interesting coin...would be a good one to post in our current smackdown...hint...hint. |
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Posted 11/19/2012 11:22 pm
