I know so little about
Judean coins. I have been spending as much time as I can attempting to research this coin. There isn't much that I have found so far. The only near identical coin that I have found online is on Zach Beasley's website,
Beast Coins. I did find one journal article talking about Samaritan coins. This article mentioned
contemporary imitations that they made. This article only goes into minor detail as it's focus was something different.
On the other hand, the example on
Beast Coins is the ONLY example that I can find. It looks to be an ancient coin in hand. I am hesitant to say that it is a Samaritan
imitative just quite yet. I need to do more research before I can make a personal judgement call. This coin isn't going anywhere. I am not trying to sell it and I do have the rest of my life to research it.