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Valued Member
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I am not sure of much on this coin. Charles II of Spain? of England? I am not even sure that it is a Charles, although I think I see a 1685 on the obverse, being stared at by the bust. And I think those are an eagle's wings on the reverse. What do you think?   P.S. Don't make too much of the different colors to the pictures, as they were taken separately when the light was different. Edited by jdsstrat
Yesterday 10:59 pm
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My best guess is a farthing of George II. I think what you see as a "68" is the OR in GEORGIUS, but the pic of the obverse is too unfocused to tell. If it wouldn't be too much trouble take a better picture of the obverse
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Too small for a farthing. Yes, I am having a tough time with that obverse picture. I just reposted a slightly better one.
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Yesterday 11:02 pm
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New Member
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Thanks! It looks like that letter I though was an R is a B, like in Jacobus. James II? Can you provide measurements? If its too small to be a farthing I dont know what else this could be other than some sort of token. I don't think any of his gun money issues were very small.
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Sorry! Totally overlooked measurements: 16mm for the diameter, and about 1.6 grams for the mass.
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New Member
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Yeah, I'm stumped. Admittedly, my knowledge on British coins is surface level, maybe someone who knows a bit more than me can help. There's subforums here for both unidentified coins and British coins, but both haven't had a new post in 2 days, so a response might be slow.
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Valued Member
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You and me both. I was originally thinking Charles II of Spain but I'm all twisted at this point and don't know what to think anymore. Thanks for your replies!
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VRBS ROMA circa A.D. 330 OBV. VRBS-ROMA; Roma, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak. REV. She-wolf left with twins (Romulus and Remus); above, two stars. Constantine and his sons issued a few different types of commemoratives from 330-346. These were issued to mark the foundation of Constantinople and to also re-affirm Rome as the traditional center of the Empire. Thirteen mints produced these types: Trier, Lugdunum (Lyon), Arelate (Arles), Aquileia, Rome, Siscia, Thessalonica, Heraclea, Constantinople, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Antioch and Alexandria. I can't make out the mint on this example, but here is one from Lugdunum...these are also very common, so don't get excited   |
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