Posted 08/12/2009 12:49 am
The ID Required section is here, and it's preferred if you post separate threads for each coin there, so there's less confusion about which coins are being talked about, and coins can be moved out of there one at a time once they're identified.
No matter; I'll move this thread for you once I've posted this.
The top coin (the first three pics) is a commonly encountered imitation of an ancient Judaean coin, from the time of the Bar Kochba Revolt circa 133 AD. We've seen them here on the forum before, like in this thread, and also seen "silly season" news articles about people finding them in change. They're also well documented on the FORVM fake ancient coin database.
Though it's hard to see in these pics, the clearest indication that these are not actually ancient Jewish coins is the writing; the letters have their modern Hebrew shapes, rather than their ancient forms. Actual Bar Kochba Revolt coins of this type normally look more like this one on Wildwinds.
No matter; I'll move this thread for you once I've posted this.
The top coin (the first three pics) is a commonly encountered imitation of an ancient Judaean coin, from the time of the Bar Kochba Revolt circa 133 AD. We've seen them here on the forum before, like in this thread, and also seen "silly season" news articles about people finding them in change. They're also well documented on the FORVM fake ancient coin database.
Though it's hard to see in these pics, the clearest indication that these are not actually ancient Jewish coins is the writing; the letters have their modern Hebrew shapes, rather than their ancient forms. Actual Bar Kochba Revolt coins of this type normally look more like this one on Wildwinds.
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