Several Old Coins - Far East And Near East (Id: Various, But Mostly Fakes)

First is a late member of the long-running "bull and horseman" jital from medieval India - I think an anonymous issue from the Kangra kingdom, ca. 14th century?

Third is a modern tourist fake of a Roman coin of Lucius Verus.

Fourth is from ancient Nabataea, Aretas IV with his wife Shuqailat, CA. 20s-30s AD. Very interesting in his role in the New Testament - their daughter Phasaelis was married to Herod Antipas, who divorced her to marry Herodias. This caused John the Baptist to openly criticize his king, leading to his arrest and ultimate execution.

The cash coin at the end is from the Song dynasty and is genuine, I am not good with Chinese and especially poor with grass script, but I think it is read clockwise, Yuan ___ Tong Bao

The silver Chinese coins I believe are fake, and the 20 cash looks genuine.

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Heya,

To answer some of your questions:

1. Indian coins of this nature generally do not have huge commercial value. There is a dedicated (and very academic) collection community, as well as a refference published by a German archaeologist in the 1930s, but its all very obscure, and the buyers tend to be very tight fisted.

2. Pretty 2kr - again not huge value, but an interesting piece from 'the sick man of Europe.'

4. Unfortunately, this is a poor cast copy of the original coin - the grainy texture speaks to a sand cast mould.

3, 5, 7. Same as above - these are heavily forged types, and some of your silver is showing plate loss / loss of silvering.

Hope this helps!

@Miguel_85 Spoko! ;)

The lower half you your locked post seem to be religious medals. Bottom right depicts a saint Benedict medal.