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Hi, Could I get some ID help with this coin? Wieght 0.71 gram. Diameter 19 mm.   |
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@wallet, I'm always super-excited to see medieval coins posted here. I don't even have an inkling on where to start with this one though. I'll think about it some more and look around. Maybe old Hungarian? Probably not, but that is where I think I'll start. In the meanwhile, it wouldn't surprise me if @BobL figures it out. He is a genius at attributions.
"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
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Giving me way too much credit there, Dave. Quote:
Maybe old Hungarian? Probably not Exactly my initial thought a while ago, and my conclusion too (after some time spent with Ruckser, and with Quadran's gallery at Forum). I wish the details were clearer here. |
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I've got nothing.  I'm pretty sure that it isn't Hungarian, Bohemian, or Polish. I also tried Viking (Norwegian), Celtic and Anglo-Saxon and came up empty. I do see a little bit of similarity with some of the Celtic issues, but nothing is close enough to be worth mentioning. Sorry.  "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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Yeah, I went the Anglo-Saxon route after the Hungarian, without luck too. There's the possibility that it's not even a coin...the imagery is just so vague. I see no obvious signs of lettering, no apparent cross, no date. Fabric appears really thin. Material...lead? There seems to be a double ring on both sides, the inner ring being a sort of broken single line, the outer a dotted border. The obverse (?) image, which just barely pokes through the inner ring (at 12:00?), is bilaterally symmetrical in parts, asymmetrical in others. Whether it is an abstract seated figure, an anchor, a roof line, a tent, shield, a coat of arms...I just can't tell. I will just have to chomp the popcorn for this one. Teachin' in the morn, so can't afford to get too sucked in by this mystery tonight! Hopefully someone (Sap?!) comes along with an opinion or three.  |
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Valued Member
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Thank you all for the ideas! I'm not sure it's a coin either. If you got any mor ideas, please let me know!
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I am far from an expert on these styles of items, but the hole towards the top suggests that it might have been a piece of jewelry?
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Maybe? (Not exactly the same, but similar.) Contemporary counterfeit? Otakar IV. 1164-1192 Pfennig, Fischau  Edited by Baltas
02/14/2017 08:51 am
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Thanks Baltas! I check further.
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