Coin Identification Game

[Kasperus]

Well, then you are naturally talented I guess

burma is correct

the figure should be mars, roman god of war.

well, 12 is not japan/nippon. I don`t know if that country had even coins in the time that that one was struck. Though that kind of coins has been used in the entire far-east, especially by their bigger land neighbour (hint hint )

well, netherlands is correct, or the republic of united provinces . The republic used coins struck in 7 or 8 different provinces with the name of the appropriate province on it.

well, in theory there is nothing wrong with searching for external resources - it is a part of historical research (and numizmatics are a part of historical science after all).
I just looked on google as well and indeed, you get the right location, but the coin showed is not coin 15
Anyway, I expected people to recognize the writing civi rig themselves easily, especially the eu-players... I must say that I`m dissapointed

 

[Apollon]

interesting mars... no armour, no helmet, no shield, just this crappy lance.
and the thing in his other hand? could it be an eagle?

my guess is either savoy or genoa... i tend more towards genoa, because of corsica.



if 12 is not japanese, it must be chinese then.
it's tricky, because japanese coins look just like this one (did some more googleing), and their writing appears also very similar.

 

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Could oyu, Kasparus, post a new post in here with the coins that still are not identified ?

 

[Kasperus]

Originally posted by Apollon
interesting mars... no armour, no helmet, no shield, just this crappy lance.
and the thing in his other hand? could it be an eagle?

my guess is either savoy or genoa... i tend more towards genoa, because of corsica.



if 12 is not japanese, it must be chinese then.
it's tricky, because japanese coins look just like this one (did some more googleing), and their writing appears also very similar.

No, it is also not Genua, nor Savoy... again, it could have been struck there where today is Savoy and Genua, but at that moment those countries didn`t exist.

Well, I must say that Chinese coins from different dynasties look pretty different, also with the used text. The same accounts also for Japan though.
But well, the coin is Chinese and struck at the end of the 11th century. Whether the coin was also struck and used in China`s mainland, that`s another question. I don`t know that much of chinese history, but afaik in that period China had also certain influence in indochina and indonesia - at least many "chinese" coins are found there.

 

[Kasperus]

Originally posted by Mikael XII
Could oyu, Kasparus, post a new post in here with the coins that still are not identified ?

Coins still missing:
7, 8, 13 and 17

15 was already "found out" by Apollon, not entirely correct but nevermind.
15 should be:
City of Riga (or Sweden as the city was Swedish at this time). The coins is struck during the reign of queen Christina.

 

[Apollon]

Originally posted by Kasperus
No, it is also not Genua, nor Savoy... again, it could have been struck there where today is Savoy and Genua, but at that moment those countries didn`t exist.

ok, degenerating into wild guessing, but what the heck...
final guess: the kingdom of sardinia or piemonte.

 

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Cool city of Riga

Concerning coins 7, 8, 13 and 17
tell us what it is written on them and closer, they are very hard to see...

 

[Kasperus]

Originally posted by Apollon
ok, degenerating into wild guessing, but what the heck...
final guess: the kingdom of sardinia or piemonte.

wrong you all don`t get the hint: at the moment that coin was struck those countries didn`t exist.

 

[Kasperus]

Originally posted by Mikael XII
Cool city of Riga

Concerning coins 7, 8, 13 and 17
tell us what it is written on them and closer, they are very hard to see...

Here you are

Well, coin 13 and 8 have no text, coin 7 is unreadable as I don`t know that alphabet. I cannot make enough from the writings on coin 17 to be of any help here

 

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Do not think that helped much sadly All i can figure out, is that i recognize the coins, some of them. almost certain, so i would have to guess Hanseatic League and.. i think ... that the first one of hte images is made in Toledo....

 

[Kasperus]

hmm, well, apart from coin 17 all the other are NOT european. Coin 17 could have been also struck around Toledo but probably that city didn`t exist when it was struck...

 

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Coin 17 could have been also struck around Toledo but probably that city didn`t exist when it was struck...

The only thing i can think of then is that it is either a Spanish coin, Portugeise, or Grenadian

And as for the rest, the one with a person on it is that nr 17, else as you say non Europe, maby the Holy land, but i doubt you could get such a coin.

 

[Kasperus]

well, 17 could have been struck in current spain, but at that time there was no spain (I keep repeating myself on that but still no one gets the hint?!?) Perhaps it is better if I say that coin 17 could have also been struck in curent israel but there was no israel in those days...

the other three (the one with the warrior and the 2 without clear picture on it) are non-european and afaik not exactly from the holy land

 

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Maby i got your hint now
You meen the huge gigantic Muslamic Empire ?
that was done by Muhammed ? they stretched way down there in Israel to Europe.

 

[Kasperus]

Originally posted by Mikael XII
Maby i got your hint now
You meen the huge gigantic Muslamic Empire ?
that was done by Muhammed ? they stretched way down there in Israel to Europe.

(assuming you`re talking about 17): AAARGH!!!! NO!!! Did Muhammeds empire own also france? I don`t think so

 

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It owned parts of France

hmm, let me see now, both Spain, Isreael and France where parts of this... This makes no sense whatsoever, i meen Israel has been French and Spanish, but never both at the same time...

Maby some Religious Coin ....

Maby hte House of Valois ?.....
Damn this is hard
but it must be before year 1500, and after year 1300... i figure.

 

[Kasperus]

Originally posted by Mikael XII
It owned parts of France

hmm, let me see now, both Spain, Isreael and France where parts of this... This makes no sense whatsoever, i meen Israel has been French and Spanish, but never both at the same time...

Maby some Religious Coin ....

Maby hte House of Valois ?.....
Damn this is hard
but it must be before year 1500, and after year 1300... i figure.

Hmm, why must it be after 1300?

 

[Winkelried]

Originally posted by Mikael XII
It owned parts of France

hmm, let me see now, both Spain, Isreael and France where parts of this... This makes no sense whatsoever, i meen Israel has been French and Spanish, but never both at the same time...

Maby some Religious Coin ....

Maby hte House of Valois ?.....
Damn this is hard
but it must be before year 1500, and after year 1300... i figure.

Spain, Israel and France. Either it is the correct answer or totaly stupid. It's the Roman Empire.

 

[Kasperus]

Correct!
Well, I didn`t expect that I needed to give so many hints....
It is a Roman follis from the 4th century; I`m not great in identifying Roman coins so I can only say that I think it is struck by either Constantine the Great (most likely for actually most found Roman coins) or Licinius (that based on the imgae on the backside)

 

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I did not think it was possible for private persons to get such old coins, apparently it is... COOL.
Who is the Imperator on the coin ?