Movie star coin in "The Man Who Would Be King" tourist fake
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These pictures are from the 1975 film "The Man Who Would Be King" which starred Sean Connery and Michael Caine as two former British soldiers who venture into 1880's Afghanistan to find a lost kingdom and appropriate a treasure.
It is based on the famous story by Rudyard Kipling and was filmed mostly in Morocco.
At one point Sean Connery holds a coin with the head of Alexander the Great on it.
At the lower right is part of another coin which is upside down, and has the legend "COS II S C" and some wavy lines.
It looks similar to this fake Roman coin of Lucius Verus:
This coin is a 35mm fake coin which is not based on a real Roman coin.
They are usually sold to tourists at ancient sites in Europe and Asia.
As far as the film is concerned, I would classify these as "props".
Real ancient coins would be expensive and could get lost around film sets.
It is based on the famous story by Rudyard Kipling and was filmed mostly in Morocco.
At one point Sean Connery holds a coin with the head of Alexander the Great on it.
At the lower right is part of another coin which is upside down, and has the legend "COS II S C" and some wavy lines.
It looks similar to this fake Roman coin of Lucius Verus:
This coin is a 35mm fake coin which is not based on a real Roman coin.
They are usually sold to tourists at ancient sites in Europe and Asia.
As far as the film is concerned, I would classify these as "props".
Real ancient coins would be expensive and could get lost around film sets.
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If not Sean Connery and Michael Caine would be stuffing their pockets every night!!
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