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A variety of ancient coins featuring detailed engravings of historical figures and events, capturing the essence of different eras and cultures.

Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain, mathematics made by the Conseil d'etat, Anonymous, 1660 live Silver medal. Front: map of the pheasant island in the Bidassoa river Inside Capers; Cut: year. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, hanging out with the orders of St. Michel and of the Holy Spirit within Covering Paris silver (metal) striking (metalworking) Bidassoa. France. Spain
Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain, mathematics made by the Conseil d'etat, Anonymous, 1660 live Silver medal. Front: map of the pheasant island in the Bidassoa river Inside Capers; Cut: year. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, hanging out with the orders of St. Michel and of the Holy Spirit within Covering Paris silver (metal) striking (metalworking) Bidassoa. France. Spain
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Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionDrachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithradates IV Struck 130 CE-147 CE Khorasan. The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of King Mithradates IV, wearing a diadem. The back (reverse) depicts the legendary founder of the Parthian empire King Arsaces to the right.. Silver . IranianStanisław August Poniatowski (1764-1795), Crown Penny, Warsaw; 1778 Mint Warsaw, Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732 1798)guilders or twenty pennies; Paper emergency coin from Leiden, beaten during the siege, 1574 coin. siege coin Paper emergency coin, made from papers glued on top of each other, from which a round mint plate has been beaten. Front: Between year: 15 74 A Dutch Lion Lion, a lance with a hat on it. A crown above the lion in the change. Above the indication 15 a commitment: a Dutch lion in a coat of arms (to guarantee the authenticity). Reverse: in a cartouche the coat of arms of Leiden with two concentric decisions. The outer, God, the Binnenste: Novlsgipac = Nummus Obsessae Urbis Leydensis Sub Gubernatione Illustris (Simi) Principis auraici Cusus: emergency coin of the city of Leiden, beaten under the administration of the airy Prince of Orange. paper striking (metalworking)Painter Antonius Moor, Jacques Jonghelinck (Copy After), 1550 history medal One -sided copper medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Blanco Antwerp copper (metal) casting portrait, self-portrait of painterThe abduction of Europe. Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a leaf wreath. In the foreground a group of six small, draped women's figures; On the left Jupiter, in the form of a bull, which, with Europe on the back, removes swimming from the shore. Some cows and two flower picking girl figures on the second plan. A tree group, ruins and mountains in the background.Funeral disorder of Nicolaas de Meester 1717 ,, 1717 history medal Cast oval silver medal, on the front a deceased to the left on a bar, including an oval inscript room between two skeletons, at the top two trumpet -blowing angels with a ribbon with inscription, everything on the right field, a standing skeleton with two scenes and two Torches that a described canvas stops, including an oval inscript room. silver (metal) casting / engravingMedal on the Beded Day at the start of negotiations on the file, jeton utility medal medal exchange buyer, Dutchman with folded hands hesitates olive branch or sword offered between him; in the sky name JEHOVA in Hebrew letters omschrift: FIAT. VOLVNTAS. TVA. MDCVIII- (Your will be done 1608) Twelve-year File file SpainCoin Portraying King Sapor II. Sasanian; Persia. Date: 309 AD-379 AD. Dimensions: Diam. 2.8 cm; 4.20 g. Silver. Origin: Khorasan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Ancient Iranian.Baptists to Munster, Anonymous, 1534 history medal Silver medal. Front: inscription Inside Capers. Tours side: shield with inscription under the year within Tweeregelig Dischanging Münster silver (metal) striking (metalworking) MünsterPenning of the De Karolingers of Lodewijk de Vrome, 814-840 ,, 814 - 840 coin Silver coin. Front: Short cross with a dot in the corners, around which display:+hlvdovvicvs IIP. Rail side: Temple, on which cross, around which display: XPistiaha Religio. silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Schutters' Company of Amsterdam, monogrammist B (Northern Netherlands), 1771 Silver medal. Front: Minerva with plumed helmet and spear keeps with left hand wreath above the head of shooter leaning on rifles and extends it with the right hand medal; Left: Aegis and banner; Right: Pyramid awarded with burning vase, which is crowned coat of arms and of which Basic Schrijf carries within Kinderschrift; Cut: Inscription. Riddling: Crowned Valk that carries in his mouth Strik with which crossed coat of arms hangs and holds his claw shooting disc with two crossed rifles within Covering Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking) AmsterdamBianchetto Uit Savoye Van Amedeo VIII, 1391-1439,, 1391 - 1439 coin Silver coin. Front: Within a four -pass the coat of arms of Savoye with in the first -quarter half moon = mintmostic sign. Reverse: Short cross with crosses in the corners. Bern silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Louis XVI, King of France, calculation of the extraordinaire des Guerres, Nicolas Marie Gatteaux, 1775 live Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with ribbon in her inside change. Reverse: swarm birds, sheltered by rays of rising sun inside the change; Cut: Inscription Paris silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Access to the Hortus Medicus in Amsterdam 1696, 1696 - 1699 history medal. medal Cast copper medal with Aesculapius on the front and on the reverse an altar on which the crowned city coat of arms, a caduceus and cornucopiae from which herb branches, without inscription copper (metal) castingDutch Dukaat, 1841, Willem II (King of the Netherlands), 1841 coin Gold coin. Front: Knight between the year with sword and arrow bundle. Reverse: in a decorated square four-line inscription. Cable edge. Utrecht gold (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of William I and the 100th anniversary of hisbirth. Subject: William II, King of the Netherlands, 1792-1849, ruled 1840-49 Subject: William I, King of Prussia, 1797-1888, ruled 1861-88Coin Depicting the God Apollo. Greek. Date: 200 BC-101 BC. Dimensions: Diam. 2.1 cm; 8.17 g. Bronze. Origin: Izmir. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: ANCIENT GREEK.Mint: Metapontum, Obol fromMetapontum, 440-430 B.C., Silver, 0.41 g, 12:00, 8mm, Made in Metapontum, Lucania, Greek, 5th century B.C., NumismaticsSiege of Gulik by Albrecht, Archduke of Austria, emergency coin of four penny, made of mint, labeled with the monogram of Frederik Pithaen, Anonymous, 1621 - 1622 coin. siege coin Irregular, one -sided emergency coin. Front: a stamp: monogram of letters F and P, that year and value indication interrupts; K.Z: Blanco. The stamp shows value 4 penny, the mint is too light and possibly pruned for this Gulik silver (metal) striking (metalworking) GulikJohan Georg IV, Elector of Saxony crosses the Rhine, Philipp Heinrich Müller, 1692 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Mars de Writer with spear and armor stands over the river god Rhine inside the change; cut: inscription; lace Nuremberg silver (metal) striking (metalworking) RhineMedal Antwerp, arm medal medal exchange copper, d 0,1 woodpenning from Antwerp with capital letter of bread with smooth background underneath it with 1605 and around in pearl rim and circle DANCKT GOD VAN AL with hand between there and on the reverse side in the middle the coat of arms of Antwerp the castle with two hands above it and around two circles the text IN ANTWERP ANNO 1620, 1605 DANCKT GOD OF ALL Poverty care Antwerp dispensation breadFalse Coin, Groschen, 1740, Frederick Augustus II (1733 1763)Coin Depicting the God Zeus 100 BCE-1 BCE Ancient Greece. Bronze . Ancient GreekAalmoezeniersweeshuis in Amsterdam, Anonymous, 1802 One-sided, rectangular lead with convex top and bottoms and with hole in it. Front: coat of arms on two crossed leaf branches between the year above inscription AW. Reverse: Blanco Amsterdam tin (metal) striking (metalworking) AmsterdamMint: Syracuse, Coin fromSyracuse, 413-400 B.C., Gold, 1.13 g, 12:00, 11.5mm, Made in Syracuse, Sicily, Greek, 5th century B.C., NumismaticsRetro look Roman coin Vintage looking Ancient Roman coin on a black background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 5834446Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse), 1619-20. England, James I, 1603-1625. Gold; diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.). This gold coin comes from the third period (1619-25) of coinage of King James I of England and features a crowned shield surrounded by roses and lions on the reverse. This is the last medieval design of the king enthroned, an excellent example of the fine designs that the ancient craftsmen managed to produce on hand-struck hammered coins.Prison Ommerschans, Huismunt Goten by order of the Society of Benevolence worth two and a half cents, Anonymous, 1818 - 1859 coin oval mint. Front: Letters O and S. Rail side: number 2½ Netherlands iron (metal) casting OmmerschansPrison Ommerschans, House Munt Goten by order of the Society of Benevolence worth five cents, Anonymous, in or after 1822 - in or Before 1830 coin One -sided coin. Front: value indication within pearl edge; Left: Brand. Reverse: Blanco. Ommerschans tin plate striking (metalworking) OmmerschansCharles II of Spain (1661-1700). Coin. Engraving, 19th century. Color.Third founded of the Veenhuizen penalty colony, home currency struck by order of the Society of Benevolence worth five cents, Anonymous, 1818 - 1859 coin Sink mint. Front: Inscription top value indication. Reverse: inscription V 3. Netherlands zinc striking (metalworking) VeenhuizenAssorted vintage coin, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotoxPacification of Ghent. Copper medal. Front: Ship that sailing is ironing inscription inscription. Reverse: Three hearts above two ineen beaten hearts under crown and host inscription.Willem V, Prince of Oranje -Nassau, Anonymous, 1787 - 1795 Silver oval carrying sign with a bearing eye on top and bottom. Front: breastpiece man inside shaded edge. Reverse: Inscription Netherlands silver (metal) casting / soldering / engravingMONEDAS DE CARLOS II DE PLATA - REVERSOS - REALES DE A OCHO - 1687. Location: FABRICA NACIONAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Copper to the buyer, anonymous, 1450 - 1550 live Copper medal. Front: Standing man or woman with a fires In the left and goose in the right hand within Kantschrift. Reverse: coat of arms inside. copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Fugio centdie. Manufacturer: Scovill Manufacturing Company, American, incorporated 1850Exit on silver Brabantse Patagon from 1622 from a DER for the Dutch East Indies, 1805, Batavian Republic, 1805 coin Silver coin. Front: Crowned composite Spanish coat of arms, on which the exit of a Gelderse Gift for the Dutch East Indies: between arms spell crowned coat of arms of Gelderland. Reverse: between year: 1622 two crossed sticks, above which Kroon and more rams -coat, Gulden Vlies. Then exit of a Gelderse VERD for the Dutch East Indies from 1805: monogram of the VOC, above which mint masters and including year: 1805. Smooth edge. Harderwijk silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Neighborhood of the East Westeinde Ryck in The Hague, Funeral Department with No. 3, Anonymous, 1655 Brass medal. Front: Inscription above year. Reverse: skull on two crossed bones under number no. 3 above inscription The Hague brass (alloy) engraving The Hague. East Westeinde RyckThe image of August II Wettyn's medal with the motto Hoc Tegmine Tuta, n.a. 1715, In: Collector's album: Figures of Polish medals to the work of X.B. Albertrande: Polish history with medals certified. prepared by Prince Henryk Lubomirski 1822 1830 arranged in order according to the List of Polish Medals by Feliks Bentkowski 1832 (item 252) unknown, Geiger, Andreas (1765 1856)Set Of Ten Buttons (France); cut paper on silk set in copper with glass covers; Diam.: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt; 1931-6-3-a/jRepoie from Bengalen in India of the English Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) in the name of Shah Alam I with government year 19 ,, 1793 - 1818 coin Silver coin. Front: Inscription in Arabic characters. Reverside: Inscription in Arabic characters. Above the second line indication of the "eternal" government year: 19. Cable edge. silver (metal) striking (metalworking)