Mystery Coin of the Day

The Mystery coin of the day...

14 mm x 0.78 grams

AE and Scyphate

I wonder if our current Champion @Ardatirion will probably find this one easy?

 

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I have no idea that that is....but I'm very interested............

I'll be watching.

 

PMD




(Sorry... This tends to be the only answer in many of the modern threads.... I couldn't help myself)

 

what is PMD?

 

+1

 

Post Mint Damage. Stupid abbreviation cooked up to describe/cover just about anything that happens to a coin after it leaves the Mint includes scratches, scuffs, holes, major impact marks, test cuts, edge/rim damage, gouges, fake errors like double strikes, clips...on, and on...

You ancient collectors have it easy. All you need to do is ID the coin and authenticate it.

PS My uneducated guess: Coin looks Celtic, or Barbaric German due to stylish head.

 

Modern term: Post Mint Damage...> Blech<

 

@Insider that is a great guess and good assessment although grossly wrong you could have been right with all that you listed.

 

Thank you! That's a nice comment - made me warm and fuzzy; but I told you all I don't know an AE nummia from an AE follis!

PS Saw the "style" on Natl' Geographic Saxon treasure hoard.

 

OK, good clue. I'll go with Celtic due to the way it was "Punched" to produce the design. Have no clue to the denomination or era.

 

First clue- not celtic.

 

Something Indian/Hun/Burmese/similar? Lol idk.

 

Maybe something Asian? ...

 

Then there is the old fallback: barbaric imitation.

Edit: OK Ancientbob. I think you threw us a curve ball and inverted the obverse showing a Viking/Nordic ship with an oar in the water.

 

Funny Valiant knight just started naming cultures. Hahaha

@Insider and @stevex6 should work together it totally Asian and totally Barbaric, where is @medoraman.

 

Is it Sri lankan?

 

Nope! This piece imitates a Greek coin.

 

Which Greek kingdom does it imitate? Selecuid, Bactrian, or Indo Greek?

 

Number one

 

I'll guess some more later tonight when I get off work.
I will say that the reverse looks like a nipple though!