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Author Topic: Unknown (to me!) early Persian gold/electrum? coin to identify!  (Read 603 times)

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Offline Laurent R

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Hello all,
I'm, as usual, out of my depth!
A couple minutes ago, I was happily going along, tearing apart the wrappings on some nice ancient copper lots I bought for their early roman contents from [Removed By Admin], as any good coin collector does, when I suddenly, and wholly unexpectedly found something which absolutely didn't quite look like copper amongst my newest treasures.
My very little experience suggests to me that I'm looking at a piece of Persian low-purity gold of some sort, maybe a fractional piece?
I'm looking forwards to being told a little bit more about it thanks to your experience!
Thanks in advance!
LRC

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Re: Unknown (to me!) early Persian gold/electrum? coin to identify!
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2022, 07:03:05 am »
Perhaps a Persian silver siglos with unusual toning.  Though the two incuses on the reverse confuses me.

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Re: Unknown (to me!) early Persian gold/electrum? coin to identify!
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2022, 08:02:23 am »
Indeed!
All I can find on the internet are vague references to the existence of fractional Persian gold pieces.
Additionally, I do see that the two-stamp reverse types fade out quite early in the Persian empire, replaced by the standardized high-purity Daric.
That's about it though...

Any contribution to this thread would be greatly appreciated!

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Re: Unknown (to me!) early Persian gold/electrum? coin to identify!
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2022, 11:37:28 pm »
Slight bump?
I'm still totally in the dark ???

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Re: Unknown (to me!) early Persian gold/electrum? coin to identify!
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2022, 01:12:25 am »
Unfortunately the „internet“, definitely is not coin-omniscient. You just have to consult printed sources, too.
Personally I consider this object a forgery

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Re: Unknown (to me!) early Persian gold/electrum? coin to identify!
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2022, 11:30:41 am »
... Personally I consider this object a forgery ...
I agree to that :-\.

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