I agree with the other posts - the coin is probably a fantasy. The weight is off for it to be a drachm (too high - closer to didrachm weight)....
Nice coin! This is about as detailed a cuirass that you'd see in a Byzantine coin, especially for a late Justinian I follis. Justinian I,...
Julia Mamaea, sestertius, Rome, 222-235 AD. VENVS GENETRIX S C. RIC IV.2# 704. 19.49 grams. [ATTACH]
Mexico, Morelos struck 8 reales."SUD", 1812. Purchased from Richard Long in the 1990s. KM 234.a 27.7 grams [ATTACH]
I think it is quite possible that Rouen had sellers of coins and artifacts. It's a good size city and an important port on the Seine between...
That's a very interesting OP coin. As far as condition, it is certainly encrusted, but the detail is quite nice on both sides.
That's a very cool coin!
For its limitations, I have found, over the decades, David Van Meter's "The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins" very handy as a one volume book. It...
Here's one more mid 16th century thaler, again with St. George standing, with a banner. The dragon, resembling a small dog, seems to be gnawing...
Here's a somewhat unusual depiction of St. George, standing instead of on a horse. Germany, Mansfeld, thaler, 1547. De May 668 28.5 grams [ATTACH]
War for Independence Mexico, Insurgents, Morelos copper 8 reales "SUD", TC (Tierra Caliente), 1813. [ATTACH] War for Independence Mexico,...
Mexico, Royalists, 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, Guadalajara, 1814 MR. KM 111.3 26.68 grams [ATTACH]
I don't want to hold things up, so how about a Parthian coin instead?
Seleucid Kingdom, Antiochus VII Sidetes, Tyre, AR tetradrachm, dated SE year 183 (130/129 BC). [ATTACH] Next: Tigranes II, any coin.
Kyrenaica, Kyrene, temp Magas, didrachm, 294-275 BC. 7.57 grams [ATTACH] Next: A new style owl.
Switzerland, Lucerne, thaler, 1622. Davenport 4624; KM 24; Haas L 84 28.5 grams St. Leodegar [ATTACH]
Napoleon Bonaparte, 5 francs, 1815 B (Rouen). The "100 days" 5 francs. [ATTACH]
Thank you for the information, Curtis. I was aware of the provenance, but not to the extent that you posted. Thanks again! BTW, I think the...
Characene, Attambelos I, 47/46 25/24 BC, BI tetradrachm, dated SE 280 (33/2 BC). Hill Series C 11.85 grams [ATTACH] Next: Another interesting...
Do you have a photo of the coin before the toning? Gold is not a reactive metal, and it takes a long time for a gold coin to acquire color,...
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