Please Help Identify This Coin | Northumbrian Sceat, Repro?

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DawnHD New Member United Kingdom 1 Posts	Posted 12/13/2011 3:01 pm Can anybody help to identify the coin below, it is 13mm diameter and weighs 1.5g. Thanks. Identified - moved to British Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

JadeSpear Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 12/13/2011 4:54 pm Hello, Just a quick observation. It looks like it might be Roman Empire. Notice the Christian cross and Roman letters. The Roman Empire covered Europe, Asian Minor, Northern Africa and Greece. Need to do a little more studying. But I would start there. Nice coin. I like it! May I ask what is the coin composition and how much you paid? Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 12/13/2011 5:17 pm I suspect this one as a replica of an ancient coin. Report this Post to the Staff
JadeSpear Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 12/13/2011 5:22 pm OOps. You are probably correct! I was simply trying to identify the coin and NOT AUTHENTICATE it. But now that it is mentioned. I might lean toward a replica too. Though this is not my specialty area. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16853 Posts	Posted 12/14/2011 08:18 am I believe it is a replica, based on an Anglo-Saxon coin of Northumbria, a silver sceat like the one pictured here. Very few Anglo-Saxon coins of this period have any kind of Latin inscription on the obverse. And the dimensions are slightly too big, both in size and weight, for a genuine sceat. I would hazard a guess that, given the combination of a cross, a winged bird-like creature perhaps resembling a dragon, and someone named "ARTV", this is a fantasy coin of the legendary King Arthur Pendragon. An "If King Arthur had actually existed, his coins might have looked like this" kind of thing. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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