Can Somebody Help Me Identifying This?

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Johnnywalk New Member Costa Rica 3 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 09:41 am Hi everyone! Is a very nice community that you have here. I am trying to get some help identifyng this coin... well first of all. Is this a coin or just a piece of metal? I bought it some years ago in a bunch of coins in a numismatic place in San Jose Costa Rica for like fifty cents. Some guy told me on internet a couple of years ago that it looked like an indian empire coin... or something like that, I don´t remember that well and I didn´t keep looking for more info about it. It looks like silver but I am not sure... If you look closer there is some green rust on the edges. Any kind of info or help to identifying or letting me know that is just a piece of metal will be very appreciated PS. Sorry if my English is not understandable, it´s just my second language and I dont get to much practice whit it. haha! Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 10:21 am Can you get an accurate size and weight? I do not think it is silver, on account of its weight. My first impression from the color was gold, but it could be a heavily debased silver of about 20-35% fineness. Green around the edges would indicate verdigris, or oxidation of the copper in the coin--this is very common on bronze coins over 100 years old. Unfortunately I do not recognize your coin offhand. It appears to have a bow and arrow surrounded by (Greek? I think I see a delta at about 7:00 on your first pic), and I can't make out what the other side is supposed to be. If I am correct, that would most likely mean one of the Hellenistic kingdoms of the near east, ca. 300-80 BC. To be fair, I am not getting good vibes from the overall "softness" of the details on this coin--it may be a cast fake. Edited by Finn235 12/14/2015 10:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
Johnnywalk New Member Costa Rica 3 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 11:14 am Thank you so much Finn235! Very interesting and valuable info! I will weight it and measure it tonight so I can give you that info today. It´s very exciting! I hope is not a fake one! Thanks again! Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 3:18 pm it can be fake if you see a line on the rim of the coin. that means it could be casted Like the pictures posted by Dohcollector in ths post(Posted 10/27/2015 5:20 pm) https://goccf.com/t/243862 Edited by Petrus 12/14/2015 3:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 9:16 pm Kuras of Kolhapur and Belgaum? Similar iconography here: http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/in...topic=6135.0 Report this Post to the Staff
Johnnywalk New Member Costa Rica 3 Posts	Posted 12/15/2015 09:05 am Hi Bob. Yeah! I think it is a Kuras of Kolhapur and Belgaum. How much can it cost a coin like that? Is it cheap? Sorry I Couldn´t measure i. I will do it today! Thanks everybody! Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 12/15/2015 11:20 am https://www.forumancientcoins.com/i...th_kura.html http://www.acsearch.info/search.htm...milar=835464 Report this Post to the Staff
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