From a
German seller, not the usual one, but probably bought from the usual one or bought from the supplier to the usual one. I have no idea what coin
type it is intended to be. The
obverse looks vaguely like bronze
asses of the 180-140 BC period. The
reverse, well who knows. The prow is unlike any
Roman coin, and the vague M above it could have been
tooled from anything; the word
ROMA is of course a
complete modern fabrication about half the size of what it really should be like. The seller claims it is an as of Pompey. That, it certainly isn't. Currently listed on a supposedly reputable coin sales platform. He isn't shy about
price or condition, 425 euros, VF. I'm pretty sure that when this was an ancient coin, sometime last year maybe, it was in Fair-Good condition and probably priced below 10 euros.