Roman Style 17th century Jeton? Or something else? ...help needed

This coin is about 28 mm and 4.8g. I can't seem to find the inscription on it anywhere on anything else.

I did find a reference to another coin that has some similarities-


http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...d=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

Vespasian
Renaissance era forgery of AE sestertius of Vespasian, "Judaea Capta" type, by Hans Krauwinkel of Nürnberg, Germany, circa 1600, 28mm.
obv: VESPASIANVS ROM IMP AVG laureate bust of Vespasian, l.
rev: JUDAEA CAPTA captive Jewess, r., weeping to r. of palm tree, soldier or emperor stands, r., at left of tree, SC in exergue
cf: Friedenberg, p.94

Do you think this coin might also be something of this type?

Thank you!

 

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I'll defer to the experts, but it doesn't look right to me, either. It does look like an interesting forgery, however. The portrait doesn't show the rather distintive Vespasian features.
Dirtyoldcoins has an interesting link to any ancient Vespasian I've ever seen:

http://www.dirtyoldcoins.com/roman/id/Coins-of-Roman-Emperor-Vespasian.htm

Good luck. I think you are on the right track, however, looking for later forgeries.

guy

 

Thanks for the info and interesting link :smile I was googling around and I did find this token at the ANS site which sounds like it might be a match to the reverse- unfortunately no pic:

http://numismatics.org/collection/1934.76.66

I think I might be able to make out an "M" and an "A" where "M. LAV" should be on the reverse....

 

It looks precisely like a 17th century jeton using Roman types should look. I'll leave it to you to do the rest of the footwork.

 

I think you have a winner.

guy