Chasilver
Aug 7, 2009, 04:36 PM
I have had some old coins given to me, been a while ago now and I decided to figure out what they are.
The first one, I have 2 of. It looks like a lion wearing a crown holding a sword, and a man on the other side. The letters on these coins are not in english. The side with the man on it has this written under it: First letter/symbol - what looks to be a 1 or L or I
Second letter/symbol - looks like an upside down A
Third letter/symbol - has a little circle with a small line underneath it going
Down, its connected to the circle.
Fourth letter/symbol - looks like a sideways S
Fifth letter.symbol - looks like a 2
I have 3 more very old looking coins. One is quite tiny with what looks like a cross on it, with dashes at the end of the cross points, though I can see only 3 sides the left side of the cross is gone. Its also got small dots around it.
The 2nd one is a little bigger. It has a mans head on it looks like he has either a helmet on or has something around his head or just long hair, on the other side looks like someone sitting down their legs going to wards the left.
The 3rd I can barely tell, so at this point I won't ask about this coin.
I have been searching alphabets all day for the one coin and couldn't find anything. With the other 3 coins only success I had is I think the one with the cross on it could be a Byzantine coin.
I don't have a camera that will take photo's I tried and it didn't work. But if anyone has seen something similar or could help me with the letters on the one coin, id appreciate it.
The first one, I have 2 of. It looks like a lion wearing a crown holding a sword, and a man on the other side. The letters on these coins are not in english. The side with the man on it has this written under it: First letter/symbol - what looks to be a 1 or L or I
Second letter/symbol - looks like an upside down A
Third letter/symbol - has a little circle with a small line underneath it going
Down, its connected to the circle.
Fourth letter/symbol - looks like a sideways S
Fifth letter.symbol - looks like a 2
I have 3 more very old looking coins. One is quite tiny with what looks like a cross on it, with dashes at the end of the cross points, though I can see only 3 sides the left side of the cross is gone. Its also got small dots around it.
The 2nd one is a little bigger. It has a mans head on it looks like he has either a helmet on or has something around his head or just long hair, on the other side looks like someone sitting down their legs going to wards the left.
The 3rd I can barely tell, so at this point I won't ask about this coin.
I have been searching alphabets all day for the one coin and couldn't find anything. With the other 3 coins only success I had is I think the one with the cross on it could be a Byzantine coin.
I don't have a camera that will take photo's I tried and it didn't work. But if anyone has seen something similar or could help me with the letters on the one coin, id appreciate it.