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Looking To Identify A 16th-17th Century Bronze European Coin

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 Posted 01/29/2012  8:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Mrent to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here is the link containing the pictures of the coin http://imgur.com/a/45Aqd . I do not own this coin, I am just trying to identify it. I find the coat of arms on the obverse, and the witch like figure on the reverse of the coin really interesting and cool! Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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 Posted 01/30/2012  12:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Despite its coin-like appearance, it's not actually a coin. It's a "jeton" - a mediaeval counting-token. They come in a multitude of designs, but fall into several basic classes. The female figure on this one is actually Venus, so this one is one of the class known as "Venus pennies". Here is a similar one posted on the forum last year, though the details on the shield and the objects Venus is carrying are different.

Trying to translate the legends on pieces like this is tricky, and usually futile because the jeton-makers often put gibberish letters on many jetons rather than waste time writing something intelligible.
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Thank you Sap!
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