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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2736225, member: 10461&quot;]The softness of the details and the &quot;mushy&quot; aspect of the lettering make it look as though it was cast.&nbsp; That&#039;s a <i>slight</i> red flag to me, though it being cast doesn&#039;t automatically make it a modern fake.&nbsp; Some early medals and jetons were cast rather than struck, as [USER=71955]@Iosephus[/USER] will attest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early 18th century would be the <i>latest </i>I would estimate the date, if it turns out to be authentic.&nbsp; It has more of a late-16th or a 17th century appearance to my eye.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PS-</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1288018" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1288018" rel="nofollow">Aha!&nbsp; Look here.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems my gut instincts were reasonably sound.&nbsp; The original would&#039;ve been a bronze Italian Renaissance medal from Mantua, circa 1510-1520.</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece you have here, which appears to be in a pewter-like white metal, probably cast, is therefore highly suspicious.&nbsp; But again, that doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s worthless.&nbsp; It <i>does</i> look old. </p><p><br /></p><p>Could it be from around the same time and place as an original?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know, but I rather doubt it.&nbsp; Still... it&#039;s neat.&nbsp; Probably a copy, but an <i>older</i> copy.&nbsp; And it might have some value in its own right, though likely not nearly as much as the one in the link above. </p><p><br /></p><p>(I don&#039;t have a premium account with ACSearch, so I couldn&#039;t see what the auction hammer price on that piece was.&nbsp; Anyone?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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