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New Member
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  Sorry if I am doing this wrong, it is my first post. If anyone has any idea about this coin, I have had it for many years and always assumed it is just someone's art experiment. It looks so odd and the details are impossible to make out. But if anyone has any thoughts, I would like to hear. Many thanks. *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. ***
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Moderator
 United States
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I can't help,but  to CCF. John1 
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New Member
 Canada
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Thank you kindly! I think I posted in entirely the wrong spot! Lol, so confused! :)
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the community I think it's most likely a modern pendant of some type. I'm going to move it over to a better area for identification.
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New Member
 Canada
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Thank you very much! I have no idea what I am doing, lol.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I think the legend in the first photo says that the figure on this side is St. Moritz (or Maurice or Mauritius). This saint was patron of some places in Switzerland, and Magdeburg Germany. Legend has it that he was the leader of a Roman legion that was persecuted for observing Christianity in the late 3d century. His iconography often shows him with sword (or lance) and shield
I do not think this is a coin, but this might place it in late 16th to early 17th century central Europe, based on the Spanish collar worn by the woman in the second photo (fashionable roughly from 1575 to 1635).
Or, as already suggested, a later reproduction.
Maybe this will give someone else a starting point.
Edited by tdziemia 09/30/2020 10:53 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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With the notch at the top of the heads, I would think that it is a pendant of some kind as to age couldn't tell
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Moderator
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Beats me!   to the CCF!
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New Member
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Thank you everyone, very much!! :) :) :)
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I agree with @tdz that the image and inscription indicate St. Maurice. Also, it sure looks like a relatively modern pendant.
"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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