Ancient coin?

Hussulo

Can anyone help with what this coin might be?




I think it may be a cast/forgery, but I was wondering of what type?

I took it down to my local jeweller and he tested it and said its at least 22k on his tester, could be higher but his tester doesn't go any higher.

Any help would be grateful.

Thanks,
Hus

Hussulo

Some one on another forum pointed out that it ooks a lot like this:


Osca, Spain. AR Denarius. 204-154 BC. Head right with short beard, legend resembling '*N' behind / horseman galloping right with spear, Iberian legend resembling '*PMAN' = BOLSCAN below. Burgos 1501, Villaronga 3, CNH 6.

4 grams and roughly 18.5 mm in diameter.

Hussulo

I just checked.

This one is 3.6grams and about 15mm in diameter.

To me that rules out it being made from gold as it should weigh more, unless of course its on a much thinner planchet.

Makes me wonder why the jeweller said it was gold 22k+ he even offered to buy it from me.

coachleonard

well, there were silver fourees in the ancient world... official coins that were supposed to be made of silver, but the royal mint pulled a fast one and made copper coins that were silver plated. So maybe this is an ancient gold fouree... would be worth looking into rather than just assuming its a modern reproduction