Unknown Ancient - can you point me in the right direction?

This coin appears to have high lead content - it was leaving marks all over the white paper I photographed it on. It is about 23mm (long way) and 6.1g.

Any help appreciated!

 

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I don't think it's ancient at all. Looks to me like a lead token copying the farthings of George I-III.

 

Wow! I actually collect those! I could ask the group I work with. That would be pretty wild. I see the details that make you say that though it would be a very crude example.

And those coin styles do have roots in the ancients...

 

You collect lead tokens?

 

I collect contemporary counterfeit Georgian halfpennies & farthings.

 

Yeah, don't tell Bill you like old lead pieces, he will have to hurt you, (or take your money so you cannot compete with him at auction).

 

Nope, just me around here. I usually steer clear of British leads. But there is at least one other collector of the Roman ones. I've had some strong competition in the German auctions. It seems like final prices are about halved when I don't bid.

 

Nobody seems to want the Nabataean tesserae. I'm having a field day.

 

Shhhhh!

 

There's what, eight or nine types? And most of those available in quantity, at least for the time being. I'm dealing with over 2000 basic types. And that's just from Rome proper, never mind the unknown variety coming out of Asia Minor. It makes my 200+ collection seem piddling.

 

Still, your collection has to be one of the largest, no?

 

Maybe the largest private collection? Most museums have bigger ones, but those tend to focus on a specific type, usually city of Rome or Egypt. Mine is undoubtedly the broadest collection.

 

Interesting! I've been looking at images of others and I could definitely see this coin fitting in there but I haven't been able to find one I would consider close in the details.
Did you have a particular variety in mind? Or just basing this off general appearance.

Thank you

 

Sorry LotsofCoppers, but your coin is not even slightly Nabataean. The design is completely different, and Nabataean tesserae are much smaller: around 10mm, 1g.

I was making an off-topic comment to Ardatirion.

 

Haha! Obviously ancients aren't my thing!