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<p>[QUOTE="Vercingetorix, post: 396556, member: 3374"]it's not in a native american language, and there's no way it's a native american reproduction of a herodian coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>i'm convinced you have modern reproduction or fantasy token. the chances that the french, spanish or portugese left this piece behind are negligible -- the coin was at least 1500 years out of circulation, and i've never heard of anyone making contemporary versions of the coin for trade (why wouldn't they use their own?). the simplest explanation is that you have a modern reproduction that someone lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>if you don't believe me, though, post it on ancients.info, or better yet, take it to a dealer who specializes in either ancients or 16th century (or 17th or what have you) coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>again, cool find, but i think you're indulging in wishful thinking. i hope i'm wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>v.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vercingetorix, post: 396556, member: 3374"]it's not in a native american language, and there's no way it's a native american reproduction of a herodian coin. i'm convinced you have modern reproduction or fantasy token. the chances that the french, spanish or portugese left this piece behind are negligible -- the coin was at least 1500 years out of circulation, and i've never heard of anyone making contemporary versions of the coin for trade (why wouldn't they use their own?). the simplest explanation is that you have a modern reproduction that someone lost. if you don't believe me, though, post it on ancients.info, or better yet, take it to a dealer who specializes in either ancients or 16th century (or 17th or what have you) coinage. again, cool find, but i think you're indulging in wishful thinking. i hope i'm wrong. v.[/QUOTE]
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