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Offline Simon

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any ideas?
« on: September 24, 2017, 01:23:15 pm »
Just got this, 22mm and 1.72gm. Any ideas, not byzantine and not an imitation.
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Offline cmcdon0923

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Re: any ideas?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2017, 10:43:07 pm »
I really can't help id it, but it appears from the pictures that the designs are engraved into the surface as opposed to standing out as on a normal struck coin.  If this is the case, it almost certainly precludes the item from being a coin.
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Re: any ideas?
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2017, 06:02:07 pm »
It looks like something hand engraved, not very well. Maybe tooled into a blank?
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Re: any ideas?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2017, 08:24:09 pm »
Looks like someone made an icon from a worn coin.
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Re: any ideas?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2017, 09:19:12 pm »
Looks a bit like this effort ...
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Offline Simon

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Re: any ideas?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2017, 10:13:48 pm »
LOL! Yes Steve its almost that bad.

I bought this object because I really had the feeling I had seen the images before, but no. I believe someone just modified a coin shaped piece of metal , it has been most certainly been worked on. I was unable to get any better picture than the sellers photo above. Here is one of my shots but darkened for detail.
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