Weird coin

[cyzak]

I can not figure out if this was a coin or a piece off of a coin.Any help greatly appreciated.

 

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[Red-Coat]

Interesting coin. I assume you didn't dig that.

It looks to be a Mediaeval Indian coin known as a 'fanam'., similar (but not an exact match) to this one:

Veera Raya Coorg Stylized Lion Standing Right With Crescent Above Rev seated crocodile Gold Fanam G 429 - IndianCoins.com Buy Old Indian Coins Online, Shop Ancient India, Mughal, Sultanate, East India & British India, Indian Princely States Coins Onl

Veera Raya Coorg Stylized Lion Standing Right With Crescent Above Rev seated crocodile Gold Fanam G 429

indiancoins.com

A few words of caution. These coins were gold, but yours looks to have a gold-ish surface on one side only (maybe that's just a lighting effect) but the interior visible where it's cracked seems to be a different metal to the exterior. If so, it might be a modern replica or a fake.

The Dutch also made ;replicas; of these coins in later times (typically 17th/18th Century and into the 19th Century) for use in trade. The Dutch imitations weren't usually produced in inferior metals to the gold origials, but were more a way of offering a gold currency medium in a more readily recognised/accepted form when trading with the Near East..

 

[cyzak]

Interesting coin. I assume you didn't dig that.

It looks to be a Mediaeval Indian coin known as a 'fanam'., similar (but not an exact match) to this one:

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Veera Raya Coorg Stylized Lion Standing Right With Crescent Above Rev seated crocodile Gold Fanam G 429 - IndianCoins.com Buy Old Indian Coins Online, Shop Ancient India, Mughal, Sultanate, East India & British India, Indian Princely States Coins Onl

Veera Raya Coorg Stylized Lion Standing Right With Crescent Above Rev seated crocodile Gold Fanam G 429

indiancoins.com

A few words of caution. These coins were gold, but yours looks to have a gold-ish surface on one side only (maybe that's just a lighting effect) but the interior visible where it's cracked seems to be a different metal to the exterior. If so, it might be a modern replica or a fake.

The Dutch also made ;replicas; of these coins in later times (typically 17th/18th Century and into the 19th Century) for use in trade. The Dutch imitations weren't usually produced in inferior metals to the gold origials, but were more a way of offering a gold currency medium in a more readily recognised/accepted form when trading with the Near East..

Thank you Sir for your expertise I trust your opinion greatly here.No this was not dug, it has had its elemental composition tested and is gold but is it a real coin I am still researching but it is a tough one.

 

[jfreakofkorn]

i asked w other avenues of expertise

They suggest its a fanam

One Fanam, Thanjavur-Maratha

Detailed information about the coin One Fanam, Kingdom of Thanjavur-Maratha, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data

en.numista.com

fanam at DuckDuckGo

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[unclemac]

we have a lot of folk here with a great depth of knowledge with coins, it would be nice to have more to expand this forum... more "show and tell", so to speak...