I was wondering if anyone could help me identify this coin, I recently happened upon it from a friend. History behind it would be fantastic as well
>>1207627
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>>1207633
>>1207627
I'm no expert
At first I assumed the lettering was ancient Nordic. Then I saw the dragon, and knew it was Asiatic in design. The "5" is Indian, so is the lettering I think. From where in India or from what time, I don't know. That may not be a dragon, but a demon
I'll keep looking for the next 30mins - 1 hour.
>>1207658
appreciate it, i'm trying to write down the runes down now to translate. I thought it was pre-euro nordic....
>>1207665
It might be Nordic. The perfect symmetry and unfaded texture probably means it was minted sometime in the last 250~ or so years. The "5" is represent five is only used in Europe or India, sometimes Arabic
but ill keep looking
Well, I give up. I tried everything.
I don't think its from a European colony, since they would stamp their monarchs face on all coins. However, it uses a "5" as a number. That's European, Arabic, or Indian style. I don't think an Asian currency would have that.
It might be some sort of Easter-European/Greek/Turkish coin. You'd have to search for the various languages of those regions.
It could be Indo-Greek. Cossack, Hussar
The alphabet looks Nordic..It might just be a fancy reproduction. Its too clean to be ancient
Transylvanian looked promising
maybe ffind out what kind of language used that style of slanted 5
