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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 55617, member: 669&quot;]Hi, and welcome to the forum.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m afraid the news isn&#039;t very good. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The only thing certain about your piece is that it was made sometime after February 6, 1975, when the Federal Trade Commission regulations implementing the Hobby Protection Act went into effect.&nbsp; That&#039;s why it says &quot;COPY&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The presence of &quot;cesar&quot; is consistent with a replica Roman coin, but the Minotour brings to mind the Greek island of Crete.&nbsp; Here is an example of a coin with a Minotaur on the obverse:<img src="http://www.unmuseum.org/labcoin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> It&#039;s from Knossos, the capital city of Crete, and dates to about 500 BCE. (Notice how unclear the 1/2-man, 1/2 bull symbolism is to the modern eye.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Sad to say, whatever yours is intended to replicate, it has no numismatic value, and only a nominal value as a souvenir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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