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Persian Sassanid Silver Drachm

Guptas 'Horseman' Silver Coin

Kushan Gold Dinar

Bactrian Silver Tetradrachm

Nabataean Silver Drachm (Aretas IV)

Parthian Silver Drachm

Aksumite Gold Coin of Ezana

Theodosius I Solidus

Republican Victoriatus

Islamic Gold Dinar (Umayyad)

Magnentius Double Centenionalis

Chinese Wu Zhu Cash

Roman Imperial Bronze Coin (possibly an Antoninianus or a Follis)

Roman Empire · Circa 3rd-4th Century AD (exact year unidentifiable from image)

Antoninianus or Follis (exact denomination unidentifiable from image)

Japanese 10 Yen Coin (Byodo-in Temple)

Japan · Dates vary, but design is standard for coins from 1959 onwards. The specific year is written in Japanese era format on the reverse.

10 Yen

Chinese Cash Coin (e.g., Kai Yuan Tong Bao, Song Dynasty Cash Coin, Qing Dynasty Cash Coin, etc. - specific name depends on characters)

China · Uncertain from the image alone, but likely dates from a period between the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 AD), as this style was common throughout these periods.

1 Cash (Wen)

Tetradrachm featuring Alexander the Great (Heracles/Jupiter-Ammon)

Ancient Greece (Macedonian Kingdom) · Circa 336-323 BCE (posthumous issues continued for some time)

Tetradrachm

Sasanian Drachm (Khosrow II)

Sasanian Empire (Ancient Persia) · 590-628 AD (Regnal Year 21 visible on reverse, approx. 611 AD)

1 Drachm

Tetradrachm of Lysimachus (Likely Modern Reproduction/Forgery)

Kingdom of Thrace (Ancient Greece) · Originals minted circa 305–281 BC

Tetradrachm

1 Euro (Maltese National Side)

Malta · 2008 (first year of issue for Maltese Euro coins) onwards

1 Euro

Unable to definitively identify; appears to be an ancient or medieval hammered coin

Uncertain; could be from various European or Mediterranean regions · Uncertain; based on the style, it appears to be from the medieval period (roughly 5th to 15th century).

Uncertain; the denomination would depend on the specific coin type and ruler