unknown 25mm bronze coin

[ecopain]

Posting this on behalf of a friend trying to get a positive id, can anyone offer any suggestions

greek maybe?

The coin is 25mm and bronze

[Chef Geoff]

Well first impressions would say a classic Celtic bronze unit. But you could be right with Greek as all the Iron age coins were copied from theirs.

[sugar]

 cracking coin going to be putting some links up to look at them ok i will put up MAZARD coin KINGS of MICIPSA
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/numidia/Mazard_45.jpg
  WELL i certainly like this era this one is  from the KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA  148BC to 118BC laureate and bearded head left horse galloping left but i will have another look around as there are quite a few from this kingdom with similar reverses

 please could i have some opinions on whether the coin in question has any writing on it thankyou

[Chef Geoff]

Nice bit of research Sugar, very well done. I think we could do with in a more in focus pic to be sure of any writing

[sugar]

Nice bit of research Sugar, very well done. I think we could do with in a more in focus pic to be sure of any writing

  yep that is a big worry as if there is writing then i have the wrong link as there doesnt seem to be any legend on these coins BOO HOO BOOHOO the jury is out until we can get confirmation of any legend

[ecopain]

i can confirm that there is no legend on the coin, i wont be able to take better pictures as i dont have the coin, but i did take the pictures myself so deffo no legend.
many many thanks for the id help guys.

[sugar]

i can confirm that there is no legend on the coin, i wont be able to take better pictures as i dont have the coin, but i did take the pictures myself so deffo no legend.
many many thanks for the id help guys.

 thankyou for that confirmation putting a link up for coins of numidia there arent many but you may find an exact match although the ones put up are quite close
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/numidia/i.html
 

[The Doc]

I'm guessing it's not a detecting find?

[sugar]

I'm guessing it's not a detecting find?

   not a detector find oh why does that happen sometimes do people buy them in then??? i can see the soil I THINK on the reverse or is that put there to try and make it look authentic 

[ecopain]

You'll be quessing wrong then. This coin was found by a member of our club nr wrexham north wales with a metal detector.

Thanks Allan

[Mike]

good thread , good coin , dont spoil it lads , im sure doc meant no offense

[sugar]

You'll be quessing wrong then. This coin was found by a member of our club nr wrexham north wales with a metal detector.

Thanks Allan

 thankyou so much for the confirmation i have no idea why the question has arisen but i am relying on these more experienced people for my knowledge so i am soooooo pleased you have come back with the answer
 whoever found it is a very lucky person it is a STUNNING FIND

[ecopain]

good thread , good coin , dont spoil it lads , im sure doc meant no offense

  no offence taken    maybe i worded my reply wrongly.

Thanks for the comments and id help sugar very helpful.

[LUCKY]

What a fantastic and very unusual recovery---WELL FOUND !

[The Doc]

Sorry - didn't mean to cause offence.

Because ecopain didn't say in the original post that it was a detecting find, I was assuming wrongly that it was from a collection or another source.

It is a very unusual detector find in the UK, although the period it dates from is similar to that of many Roman Republican silver coins that turn up and were still in circulation 100-200 years later.

Was it an isolated find or, for example, on a Roman site?

Or it could have been lost a lot more recently, maybe by a collector?