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Could Anyone Identify This Gold Coin ? (Id: Modern Fantasy For Jewlery)

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 Posted 09/17/2009  06:22 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Ian_ to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello, I have been trying to identify this coin for some time (without any luck) just wondering if you would agree with me that it is costume ?
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 Posted 09/17/2009  08:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's a complete fantasy - there's never been an actual coin resembling this, in either ancient or modern times.

I'm not sure what script is on this piece - I can't tell if it's actual Demotic Egyptian, or the "reformed Egyptian" promulgated by the Mormons, or some kind of proto-Hebrew script.

No Egyptian coins were made depicting the Pyramids until 1984.

The famous bust of Nefertiti was excavated in 1912; the bust was unknown in antiquity.
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 Posted 09/17/2009  5:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah...pure fantasy, even the script which doesn't resemble demotic or any functional language.
As a fantasy coin, it's a fun one.

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The famous bust of Nefertiti was excavated in 1912; the bust was unknown in antiquity.

Yes, that's a bit of interesting recent news...an expert concluded it's a modern piece for testing authentic Egyptian pigments.
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