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Malta
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***I dont know what this coin is please can some one help me please.  
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF. You posted in the wrong section. I alerted the mods to move it. Give it a bit and one of the ancient coin members will chime in. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Some sort of fantasy. It's trying to be Egyptian, but the Egyptians only issued coins under the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty from 320-33 BC. Their coins featured primarily Zeus and an eagle, or occasionally other deities.
What puzzles me is that the patina looks good for being a genuine ancient... maybe it's a genuine ancient coin that has been tooled into a fantasy piece?
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United States
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to the community By all appearance this looks like an ancient coin, but I've not seen anything like this in any ancient series I'm aware of. I tend to agree that it's a fantasy piece that some one went to a lot of trouble to age like and ancient coin. I would like to see a picture of the edge it would confirm if it is a cast piece or not. I am also moving this over to the Ancient Coin section to see if any one might be able to help. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Melita/Malta. 2nd to 1st century BC Obv: Head of Isis, left Rev: Winged Osiris, kneeling left. Like these:   |
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United States
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
A few more, from CNG:  The ones above show a "symbol of Tanit" before Isis; the ones below show a grain-ear in that location.   Edited by Kamnaskires
06/19/2016 9:39 pm
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United States
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Bob, you never cease to amaze me. This is a type that I've not seen before. How did you ever find this?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
It looked familiar. I think I have Steve (Finn) to thank...a few months back he had a challenging one that had me looking at Melita coins for a match. I probably first spotted these types while looking at coins from there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know how you do it, Bob. Very nice work!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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New Member
 Malta
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thanks for help and I am from malta the coin was in the house of my grandfather.so its not a fake coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it were fake (I don't think it is either) would that make it a Maltese fal coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh, Irbguy. I, mean, wow. I was going to use the little laughing emoticon, but after reading "Maltese fal coin," he's unresponsive:  Edited by Kamnaskires
06/20/2016 12:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know I should apologize for that, but it was necessarily fowl.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i thought it was a fantasy piece as well...had never seen that type before. i would at it to my list...but I have a feeling I can't afford it. ohhhh....the pun!   Edited by chrsmat71
06/21/2016 12:23 am
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