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Quote:doesn't look official. Though some Armenian and Sicillian coins have gone through ebay looking a bit like this.~BenByfield There were never any coins issued from Armenian Cilicia with that "Gnome King" bust.  Feel free to check the issues: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ar...ilician.html |
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Cool Dnome. There is a legend on the obverse I've only been able to make out a few letters ROM ? M.II, probably no help but that's all I got.
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Looks like this one is going in the unknown box.
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Tell me about it. I have just been going over some of mine. I vote we have a sticky called Triskeles and John can pop in from time to time and solve all of our problems - only joking John :)
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Hey, I don't ever admit defeat. Just identified one on the Unidentifieds forum that took 2 1/2 months. The trick is stepping away, and coming back with a fresh eye.
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Done that, didn't work :)
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Let me run this up the flagpole: I think the visible legend is D G ROM I'm (for Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator, "by the grace of God, Holy Roman Emperor"). Inserting names of likely Holy Roman Emperors, I searched for CAROLVS D G ROM IM, for Charles V, and found this on a Dutch metal detecting site. A different wording of the legend, but our forked-tailed Bohemian lion, with feathery fronds in the place of a reverse legend, the same crown of vertical points, and what appears to be Emperor Charles V's trademark bushy beard:  http://home.vondsten.nl/vondsten/11...s.html?PAG=1Edited by philadelphian
02/02/2014 8:01 pm
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That's the coin, I don't know how you found but thanks a lot I would have been look for an ID forever.
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Even better example at the bottom of this page. Apparently, it's a copper "korte," or two mite coin, at least for those produced in the Netherlands, but Charles standardized his coinage throughout his realms, so only a mintmark at the beginning of the legend will show your coins origin: http://www.nlcoin.com/charlesV.htmlEdited by philadelphian
02/02/2014 10:32 pm
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The knowledge and abilities of the members in this forum never cease to amaze me.  |
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Nice example, wish I could read the date on mine but it's worn away.
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For a while I thought there was a date following ROM IM, but it looked like it was from the 1100's! Since this legend must have the full CAROLVS, instead of the CA abbreviation, what I think follows I'm is not two ones, but the letter H, for HISP, or HIS R (Hispaniarum Rex).
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