Four ancient coins for identification

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Ronald70
Joined: 19 Jul 2013
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Posted: 28 Dec 2017, 21:48 #
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Hi,
I need you help to identify following four coins. The first two are silver.
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4.

Thank you for your help
Ronald70
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 11:46 #
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No ideas? Maybe just a rough guess?
luca biondi
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 12:10 #
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#1 Persian?
Cycnos
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 14:44 #
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Hello,
1) Probably a dirham minted under Mahmud of Ghazni : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces131512.html
3) A falus from Afghanistan I guess ?
4) A falus from another islamic state I guess
Ronald70
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 15:27 #
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Thank you!! Nr. 1 seems to be correct.
simoneo80
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Posted: 30 Dec 2017, 08:54 #
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Quote: "Ronald70"​Hi,
​I need you help to identify following four coins. The first two are silver.
​1.
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​2.
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​3.
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​4.
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​Thank you for your help
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​the coin number 2 could be a Abbasid Dirham (donative type), I checked and it is not in the catalog

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?mode=simplifie&p=1&l=&r=Donative+type&e=&d=&ca=3&no=&i=&v=&m=&a=&t=&dg=&w=&u=&f=&g=&c=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&te=y&cat=y
PetrusAscanus
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Posted: 31 Dec 2017, 14:05 #
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#2 looks indeed like this: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=121652
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Ronald70
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Posted: 31 Dec 2017, 15:11 #
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Quote: "PetrusAscanus"​#2 looks indeed like this: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=121652
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​Yes it has some similarities.
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