Vespian Medal?
ormandh
Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
I am trying to figure this one out. I am assuming that this is from the 18th century, but I cannot find anything about this medal. It is about the size of a US quarter or a little larger. Basically, 27mm. It appears to be made of copper. Any ideas? -Dan
0
Comments
WNC Coins, LLC
1987-C Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
wnccoins.com
Keep us informed of what you find out about it.
Rick
1836 Capped Liberty
dime. My oldest US
detecting find so far.
I dig almost every
signal I get for the most
part. Go figure...
It has a late-18th/early-19th Century look to it. I like it.
1790s-1820s would be my guess, but Aethelred could be correct in placing it a bit later. It certainly does appear to have been part of a Roman emperors set.
Just for the heck of it, here's Vespasian in his own time. His reign actually began in the summer of 69 AD, unlike what the medal above says. This coin was probably struck during that summer, before he actually arrived in Rome. It's an imaginative portrait, since nobody quite knew what he looked like when they engraved the dies.