Mitroipa
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Bericht: 16-mar-2014, 20:00
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Bericht: 16-mar-2014, 20:00
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Kind regards,
Andrei
Frenchlover
Catalogusbeheerder
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Bericht: 16-mar-2014, 21:19
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Bericht: 16-mar-2014, 21:19
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very nice
Referee of south atlantic islands
ZuluRaptorSpace
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Bericht: 17-mar-2014, 23:48
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Bericht: 17-mar-2014, 23:48
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Silver? Nice, whatever it is! Perhaps IPS?
ZuluRaptorSpace
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Bericht: 17-mar-2014, 23:49
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Actually, that looks like an ancient Greek coin.
Andrey
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Bericht: 18-mar-2014, 06:32
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To me it looks like a tourist souvenir.
It is probably supposed to imitate the silver shekel of the Second Jewish revolt against Rome (132-135 AD), since it sort of shows the Jerusalem Temple with the Ark of the Covenant.
Here are links where one can see the original coins of the period
https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_shekel_of_the_second_je.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kochba_Revolt_coinage
and here one can order copies of early Jewish coins of a much better quality than in the first post for 4 cents each when purchasing in bulk
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Judea-first-revolt-AR-Shekel-jewish_118091755.html
I collect coins and tokens which circulated in Africa from 18th century to 2000. I sell about 7000 illustrated world coins from
http://www.avscoins.com .