Three Interesting Unidentified Tokens

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Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 11/08/2009 09:26 am I have a few tokens here I have been unable to identify. It appears to be made of lead or a similar material, virtually blank on one side with a 4, 8 and T on the other side - perhaps a seal? The one in the flip is extremely thin token. It has IU on one side of the bust and NO on the other, with I.L. below the bust. The other side has a tree, wooden building and landscape scene, with three words above -two are legible, the first is almost invisible. It appears to have I.I.I below the design. TYhe last of the three is the largest piece. It has a medieval head and upper body on one sidewith a few latin script characters surviving on the left side beginning W: DU . the other side has a horseman trampling bodies, with lines of soldiers / prisoners being lead off in the background. If anyone wants further close up pics or dimensions of the pieces, please just ask. I've reasearched quite a bit on these but not come up with much. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 11/08/2009 5:39 pm #1 is likely a lead seal or token. #2 (the "IUNO" piece) is a German rechenpfennig / jeton. I can read "RECHEN PFEN" above the town scene. The personage on the obverse is presumably supposed to be female; Juno was the wife of Jupiter in Roman mythology. #3 the obverse looks vaguely Byzantine, but the horse trampling etc is more late Roman. The blue-green fuzz worries me; it's a typical colour on "tourist fake" ancient coins. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 11/09/2009 4:52 pm Thanks very much for that Sap. Hadn't occoured to me it could be a tourist fake as it came from a load of detecting finds. I remember the seller from a collectibles market so i'll take another look at his stock next time I see him for anything else that looks suspect. www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff
rechenpfennig New Member Netherlands 4 Posts	Posted 01/02/2014 3:38 pm The piece with the goddess JUNO is made by Jacob Lauer in NUremberg about 1825. Freek Report this Post to the Staff
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