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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7839125, member: 102103"][USER=100740]@mrbadexample[/USER]: Thanks. Yeah, I stumbled across <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces123498.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces123498.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> on Numista while looking up one of the others, and the cornucopia looks very similar.</p><p>Naples, 1 Tornese, Felipe II, 1573-92 (Coin and image not mine)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348144[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here's a bigger picture of mine: Row 4, #1 (5.18 g, ~24 mm, copper)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348145[/ATTACH]</p><p>The front looks quite different, and doesn't seem to be a portrait of any kind. I feel like the pattern looks familiar (reminds me of Portugal), but I haven't seen a close match yet. The back looks like a cornucopia similar to the Naples above, but with a date some time in the 1600s. That's all I've found so far. Pretty extensive searching Numista by size and weight hasn't turned up anything closer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Found it. <a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/cdma/item.php?id=497833" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/cdma/item.php?id=497833" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> one on MA shops. Size and weight match.</p><p>Napes, 1 Tornese, 1607-1617 Filippo III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348150[/ATTACH] </p><p>Krause has it, but no photos, so I wouldn't have spotted it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7839125, member: 102103"][USER=100740]@mrbadexample[/USER]: Thanks. Yeah, I stumbled across [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces123498.html']this[/URL] on Numista while looking up one of the others, and the cornucopia looks very similar. Naples, 1 Tornese, Felipe II, 1573-92 (Coin and image not mine) [ATTACH=full]1348144[/ATTACH] Here's a bigger picture of mine: Row 4, #1 (5.18 g, ~24 mm, copper) [ATTACH=full]1348145[/ATTACH] The front looks quite different, and doesn't seem to be a portrait of any kind. I feel like the pattern looks familiar (reminds me of Portugal), but I haven't seen a close match yet. The back looks like a cornucopia similar to the Naples above, but with a date some time in the 1600s. That's all I've found so far. Pretty extensive searching Numista by size and weight hasn't turned up anything closer. Edit: Found it. [URL='https://www.ma-shops.com/cdma/item.php?id=497833']Here's[/URL] one on MA shops. Size and weight match. Napes, 1 Tornese, 1607-1617 Filippo III [ATTACH=full]1348150[/ATTACH] Krause has it, but no photos, so I wouldn't have spotted it: [ATTACH=full]1348154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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