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Coppergold
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Still trying to find out where this came from/date and composition. Very light for its size
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I get a Balkan vibe here... Serbia? Yugoslavia? Dunno, but notice how the coat of arms of Serbia has similar crown and drapery (though the arms themselves are different). Yugoslavia's coat of arms also had the crown and drapery but a different coat of arms within. So I'm stumped, but I think it might be somewhere in the Balkans.
You've got lions(?) there, flanking the arms, so this is not a match. Close, though...
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Check out Greece... this is the coat of arms of King Otto (1833-1862). Still dunno if it is an exact match, but it's closer...
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Funny thing i got to about that area and got lost from there lol ive literally been searching all night. I dont care if this a fake coin lol but i think it might be silver. But yeah i got this coin and saw the mustache and thought maybe this might be king peter the 2nd. But still no coin. Maybe this probably made in some backyard lol but the drapes being on point makes me still wonder. And that silver ping. Lol
I suspect it is a medal of some kind rather than a coin.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Knights templar coat of arms was about the closest.. its got angels instead of howling wolves. Mine also doesnt have any weapons.
Ooo getting real close lol. Italian coat of arms.
I don't know why Italy didn't occur to me. Yes, you're really close, I think.
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It's not a coin and, if it really is "Very light for its size", then it' not silver. Most likely aluminium. I would concur with the Italy origin.
With no text, identifying who the portrait is might prove difficult. All three of the Savoy kings of Italy were moustachioed, slightly balding fellows. Aluminium didn;t become commonplace for commemorative medals until the 1880s, so it's not likelt to be from before that. King Umberto I was assassinated in 1900; I suspect this might be either a memorial medal for him, or a coronation medal for his replacement, Victor Emmanuel III.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
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HEre's what the then-Prince Victor Emannuel looked like in 1895: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III#/media/File:Brogi,Carlo(1850-1925)_-_Vittorio_Emanuele_III_di_Savoia.jpg
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
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Thank you for your response! Good to know lol i cant believe how much time I put into looking this up bwahaha! Looks like i almost found it.