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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wossip, post: 120796, member: 5228&quot;]I bought what were described as &#039;2 old Roman coins&#039; in an auction. I doubt if one of them IS a coin, but the other is fascinating and possibly important.</p><p>On one side is a crude sailing ship on water; the other has &#039;BI&#039; in large letters with a coarse dot above and another below. It is brass - hints of this show on the high points and in high relief both sides. </p><p>29mm/ just over an inch in diameter.</p><p>Very early Caribbean seems a possibility.</p><p>I&nbsp; have attached photos with this form. </p><p>Years ago I had a token with IB on one side, similar to one which Jacques Schulmann in 1966 auctioned as attrubuted to Barbados - &#039;Islas Barbados&#039; (subsequently attributed to Canada). </p><p>As this token/coin has a ship design, which occurs on early Barbados coins, and with the possibility of BI = Barbados Islas, I wondered if this is what it is.</p><p>email: <a href="mailto:frmnmich@aol.com">frmnmich@aol.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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