Need help IDing coins

[Skull and Crossbones]

Need help ID'ing coins

Can anyone help ID this coin? A friend of mine gave me 10 of these coins that he found while serving in Afghanistan. Each coin is has a different head figure and depiction on the back. I can find some similar coins while searching the internet but not these particular coins. Any info will be helpfull.

Skull

 

[usandthem]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

I can't ID but they look to be ancient. Good luck.

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

My guess: BAKTRIA (Bactria), Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I or II Antiketos. Circa 200-180 BC.
Hercules standing.
The 'doohickie' jutting up from the cap visor is a big clue. That 'doohickie' represents an elephant's trunk. His cap is the elephant's skull. The visor is the elephant's tusk.
Similar to, but not identical to: http://coincircuit.com/Closed_Coin_Auction/ViewImage.php?dirname=Closed_Coin_Auction&item=7845436
Bactria was a part of the eastern periphery of the Iranian world, now part of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Don....

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

Here it is: http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotvi...&Lot=114&Val=bb31f507f875833397c316fce8d72885

 

[Skull and Crossbones]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

Thanks for the info. I have some different coins that came with it with more of a native looking head on it. I may take some pics and post and see if you can help with those as well. Thanks again.

Skull

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

Skull:
I enjoy the challenge; post 'em and, if you wish, let me know when you do.
Don...

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

S&C:

I've seen similar coins for sale on eBay. There was a foreign seller offering very similar items.

Good luck to all,

~The Old Bookaroo

 

[Skull and Crossbones]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

Here's the front and back of two more of the coins. One has two heads and one has more of a native head on the front. Can't tell what the backs are. Thanks again.

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

The 'two horse coin': Greek: Batrain: Eucratides I. Reverse, Dioskuri on horseback

http://viacs.hul.harvard.edu/via/de...artChunkNum=0&endChunkNum=0&totalChunkCount=0

Don....

 

[Skull and Crossbones]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

Don, Thanks again. Now, are they worth anything? Probably not in the condition that they are in. Sounds like they are pretty common in Afghanistan. My friend picked them up in a local market.

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

You may wish to look at Ebay's 'Closed Sales' for an idea of similar items that actually sold.

 

[lazooro]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

those coins should be silver...i don't believe they are ancient...

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Need help ID'ing coins

Though my references above noted silver coins, there is also reference to similar coins that are in copper, brass or bronze (AE) as noted below figure 365 here: http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/bactria.html