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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7466365, member: 102103"]Last one for today. I think this was from a set of 70 (mostly) Italian States coppers I got last year for about $50 total. 0.86 g, 18 mm, copper or billon</p><p>Ob: A guy?</p><p>Rev: Coat of arms with beaded border?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1293287[/ATTACH] </p><p>Anyway, I think it's a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57366.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57366.html" rel="nofollow">1 Sesino of the Duchy of Modena</a>, 1737-1780, Francesco III d'Este (Copper). Here's the image on Numista, in case you think I just have an overactive imagination. The coat of arms is actually a pretty close match. None of the other Modena coins have quite the same version, so I'm moderately confident in the attribution, even though the portrait is unrecognizable at this point.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7466365, member: 102103"]Last one for today. I think this was from a set of 70 (mostly) Italian States coppers I got last year for about $50 total. 0.86 g, 18 mm, copper or billon Ob: A guy? Rev: Coat of arms with beaded border? [ATTACH=full]1293286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1293287[/ATTACH] Anyway, I think it's a [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57366.html']1 Sesino of the Duchy of Modena[/URL], 1737-1780, Francesco III d'Este (Copper). Here's the image on Numista, in case you think I just have an overactive imagination. The coat of arms is actually a pretty close match. None of the other Modena coins have quite the same version, so I'm moderately confident in the attribution, even though the portrait is unrecognizable at this point. [ATTACH=full]1293292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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