My great Aunts coin find

[Deepdiger60]

I removed the topic because there is to much uncertainty about it until i can figure out why someone over there would send me a photo of a imitation coin i have no clue, my great aunt does not even have a computer or properly does not even know how to use one it might of been one of her children my sister can call her i cant i use Magic Jack and cant call out of the USA .I apologize if someone is playing a joke on me. Jim Dd60

 

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[Wildcat]

I had just replied and then my post disappeared. lol
If you had followed Bandits link, you would see that the word imitation has been misinterpereted. Your Aunts coins is OLD, GENUINE, and Very important in history. If folks would like to read about it for themselves, follow the link. Let us put it this way. The coin designer tried to COPY an old Islamic coin. It is still an OLD coin. It is very valuable. Good luck to her....

The Cat

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...+Rex%22+gold+coin&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

The silver dirhan and gold dinar of the Abbasids seemed to circulate well through Scandanavia in the middle ages. In much the same way German tribes made copies of Greek and Roman empire coins for internal trade, it seems this Mercian ruler copied a dirhan or dinar in gold and replaced part of the legend with his own name.

 

[CRUSADER]

I had just replied and then my post disappeared. lol
If you had followed Bandits link, you would see that the word imitation has been misinterpereted. Your Aunts coins is OLD, GENUINE, and Very important in history. If folks would like to read about it for themselves, follow the link. Let us put it this way. The coin designer tried to COPY an old Islamic coin. It is still an OLD coin. It is very valuable. Good luck to her....

The Cat

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...+Rex%22+gold+coin&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1

Good research, as BM quotes 'This unique gold coin of Offa'.

I think your relatives have been playing tricks on you. Specially as the findspot you gave was outside of the Mercian Kingdom by about 300 miles.

 

[Deepdiger60]

Iam just glad i decided to remove the topic because one of them her offspring most likely thought it would be funny to send a picture of that gold coin ,to me what do i know anyway my sister who keeps in touch with them will get to the bottom of this .Again iam sorry if that was a cruel joke and i made a fool of myself . Jim Dd60

 

[shaun7]

Blasted British humour