✅ SOLVED roman coin?

[danjeeps]

I found this coin in a lot of junk jewelry. It is silver in color. The coin does not react with pure nitric acid. Also used scratch stone and acid with no reaction. It is a relitivly soft metal and non magnetic. I think it is eather electrum or platinum. Weight is .6 grams. Can anyone help id this coin.

 

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[kcm]

It's a fake - a coin look-alike that was used on some piece of jewelry or clothing (as bling). As you said you found it in junk jewelry, I'd tend to lean towards that.

Not sure what it's made of, but is almost certainly not platinum. A dime weighs 2.2 grams and this is nearly the size of a dime, so I would deduce that this is a fairly light metal.

 

[danjeeps]

It's a fake - a coin look-alike that was used on some piece of jewelry or clothing (as bling). As you said you found it in junk jewelry, I'd tend to lean towards that.

Not sure what it's made of, but is almost certainly not platinum. A dime weighs 2.2 grams and this is nearly the size of a dime, so I would deduce that this is a fairly light metal.

Thanks i won't feel bad about melting it to better id the metal it is made of. I also thaught it may be fake because it was holed.

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap, a very poor copy of some ancient Greek? coin I think.

 

[hvacker]

Thanks i won't feel bad about melting it to better id the metal it is made of. I also thaught it may be fake because it was holed.

Hey before you melt consider this is a great experience for testing and learning. A melt will get you nothing but a blob of who-knows-what.
Nitric acid is an acid that you might use after you have exhausted the more gentle kinds. Acids are indicators. Use them to go up the ladder.
Few terrestrial entities won't react to what you call pure nitric.

 

[Mackaydon]

There is a chance that it is real. It depicts this coin:

Euboia, Histiaia (Greek), 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetrobol (11-13mm, about 2 grams). Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia r. R/ Nymph seated r. on stern of galley; wing on side of ship; below.
Don....

 

[kcm]

I agree it has similarities, but it also has a lot of dissimilar parts of the design as well. Still looks like a repro to me.

 

[CRUSADER]

There is a chance that it is real. It depicts this coin:

Euboia, Histiaia (Greek), 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetrobol (11-13mm, about 2 grams). Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia r. R/ Nymph seated r. on stern of galley; wing on side of ship; below.
Don....

Sorry but there is zero chance.

 

[kcm]

** kcm quickly removes himself from in-between the two Tnet ID giants!!**

 

[Mackaydon]

The BMC (British Museum Collection??) lists twenty variations of the same coin which was minted over a period of at least 50 years.
Until this OP's coin is examined by a pro, the last thing I'd do is destroy it for its possible intrinsic value.
If anyone here is proficient in ancient Greek coins, please chime in.
Don....

 

[Limitool]

Now, as an expert horseshoe digger IDing roman coins just comes natural to me... Never mind, somebody just pulled up.

 

[danjeeps]

There is a chance that it is real. It depicts this coin:

Euboia, Histiaia (Greek), 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetrobol (11-13mm, about 2 grams). Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia r. R/ Nymph seated r. on stern of galley; wing on side of ship; below.
Don....

Yes my coin looks very similar to this. I did not melt it yet but mine does not test as silver. It has no reaction to pure nitric acid. It is acting like white 14k but i dont think its heavy enough. It is thin and alot smaller than a dime.

 

[Icewing]

304 Stainless steel maybe?