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http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/scan0002-3.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/scan0001-2.jpg

my son has this coin. he is not certain, but thinks it is roman.

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[+1] - McTag - 05/03/2009I was going to say, it looks like a very badly mangled old British penny, but then I noticed the big N or Z on it, so it's not that. But the figure on the front looks a bit like Britannia with...
[+1] - edgarblythe - 05/03/2009i should have measured the coin for size, but forgot to. i will email my son and ask for that info.
[+1] - edgarblythe - 05/03/2009thanks, mctag. those are interesting pictures.
[+1] - Ceili - 05/03/2009This kind of looks like it... http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/barbarous_015.html
[+1] - Reyn - 05/03/2009Where did he get it, Edgar? I'm wondering if it's an Indian coin (from India). The goddess with the multiple arms.
[+1] - edgarblythe - 05/03/2009i am not clear on where it came from. he said his own research makes him think it's roman, from some distant part of the empire.
[+1] - glitterbag - 05/03/2009The Romans occupied England for some time, in fact under London is a huge mass of tunnels and former residences. At least I think it's London, so it's possible it was the currency the Romans used...
[+1] - edgarblythe - 05/03/2009i just read on one website that a mint mark of n on a roman coin means it came from turkey.
[+1] - Reyn - 05/03/2009[quote="edgarblythe"] [img]http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/scan0002-3.jpg[/img][/quote] This is what it looks like to me: 'Shiva', if you look close at the outlines...
[+1] - edgarblythe - 05/03/2009shiva is much too sexy for my son's coin, i think.

I was going to say, it looks like a very badly mangled old British penny, but then I noticed the big N or Z on it, so it's not that.

But the figure on the front looks a bit like Britannia with her shield.

Probably this is very wide of the mark.

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These all have the figure facing to the right.

http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/pen3.html

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i should have measured the coin for size, but forgot to. i will email my son and ask for that info.

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thanks, mctag. those are interesting pictures.

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This kind of looks like it...

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/barbarous_015.html

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@edgarblythe,

Where did he get it, Edgar?

I'm wondering if it's an Indian coin (from India). The goddess with the multiple arms.

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@Reyn,

i am not clear on where it came from. he said his own research makes him think it's roman, from some distant part of the empire.

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The Romans occupied England for some time, in fact under London is a huge mass of tunnels and former residences. At least I think it's London, so it's possible it was the currency the Romans used while they were in England.

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i just read on one website that a mint mark of n on a roman coin means it came from turkey.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

This is what it looks like to me: 'Shiva', if you look close at the outlines of the body lines.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/religion/pictures/shiva.jpg

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shiva is much too sexy for my son's coin, i think.

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