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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Hi guys, anyone help with the id on this one please? 18mm diameter, 3mm thick. weight is 6.15 grams.    You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Whatever it is it certainly isn't a roman coin. Perhaps its a lead seal?
I would have said Barbarous minim but 18mm is no where near 'Minim'!
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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It's not lead, its a 'bright' base metal, only seem to have one like this in the whole of my coins/tokens but have no idea at all on this..... though the head does seem to strike a cord in my brain somewhere.....
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like it might be a Greek coin. Could stand a bit of cleaning, perhaps.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can see a 'thunderbolt' and Greek style letters straight across the reverse. My guess would be Sicily. Maybe some Normans came 'home' with some souvenirs
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My first impression of the reverse was thunderbolt as well, letters under starting with AΩ.... perhaps. However the portrait looks Athens like to me. But then again maybe the reverse is a galley and it's Phoenician. |
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The style looks Greek, but there really isn't enough detail visible to say for sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i see a thunderbolt also...can you clean that up any?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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will start cleaning it more today, might take me a while but will use harsher methods.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I see a thunderbolt too. The head strikes me as being a Herakles wearing lionskin. I cannot for the life of me find anything similar though.
Martin
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Here is a fresh picture of the reverse. Will post another after more of a clean (if I can get it much better)  The way I am holding it there is a 180 flip from the Obv. You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well that will be enough with the 'brush'. Better to simply make ID with what you got than with what you 'had'
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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yeah the soft toothbrush has really mashed it up .............
Giving it an overnight soak now then will give it another soft clean and will take a few better pictures. The last one I posted had a strong light on it, it has exactly the same detail as the earlier pictures, the only difference is the coin is in a different light, is cleaner (not much) and is being held in a different position.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
Edited by MetDet71
04/18/2013 12:20 pm
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Posted 04/17/2013 6:18 pm
