You guys are so smart, what's this?

I'll just bet that someone (maybe everyone) knows what this is. I admit, I don't.

 

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The only thing I have time to look at long enough is the 2015 Dime. I got that part right.. right?

 

*Ding* *Ding* *Ding* We hava winnah! But just for s--- and giggles, what's that blobby looking thing next to it? I can post a still pic of any of these.

 

Can you make it stop cycling through the different pictures so that we can look at each side for more than a second at a time?

 

That thing looks like 2 ancient coins fused together, or a very, very old Oreo cookie.

 

It looks like a petrified Oreo cookie to me. (See last photo.)

Chris

 

Smart minds think alike!

Chris

 

Here 'tis:

 

I don't know what it is but I bet @ValiantKnight can nail it down. It looks Byzantine-ish or Ostrogoth-ish and he's a fan of that era.

 

I think it's fragments of two coins that are still stuck together from a hoard.

 

An old sandwich?

 

I was going to say a " Moving Billboard " ...

 

Yeah, that moving crap is making my eyes hurt. Looks more like late roman imitative. Look at the legend. No discernible letters, just IIIIIII. Short of more, (non-moving) pictures that is the best I can guess.

 

The "sandwich' effect is delamination, often due to a high lead content. Although I don't recognize your coin specifically, the fabric is typical of Afghanistan / Pakistan / NW India.

 

Looks like a very, very crude contemporary imitation of a fallen horseman type. Must have been the die-maker's first day faking coins...

 

I was also thinking Indo-skythian type as well as late roman imitative. I just couldn't stand looking at the pic anymore.

 

8 posts down from the top, you'll find the kinder, gentler pic. It ain't movin'! It does look quite barbarous doesn't it?

 

It reminds me of my Iceni 1st century BC fourree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceni

 

Ancient Aliens. It can't be anything else.