It's not pretty, but what is it?

[mrbadexample]

Hi all,

Any idea what this horrible thing is please?

Cheers,

MBE

[mrbadexample]

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[davidrj]

 My first guess would be a jeton from Spanish Netherlands, Philip IV, 1651 

[mrbadexample]

Thanks. Have I got that first picture upside down then?

[davidrj]

12 hours ago, mrbadexample said:

Thanks. Have I got that first picture upside down then?

Dunno, but I interpret it as a fern frond with a grenade at its base - (your pictures reorientated)

Can't find anything that matches MODITA though

Suggest you try posting pictures here, I've found them very helpful on early European stuff

David

Edited February 9, 2016 by davidrj

[mrbadexample]

Cheers, I'll give them a try.

[mrbadexample]

1 hour ago, davidrj said:

Dunno, but I interpret it as a fern frond with a grenade at its base - (your pictures reorientated)

Can't find anything that matches MODITA though

I'd always thought that was the remains of something like COMMODITA.

[George111]

Looks like you had the picture up the right way in the first photo to me

Why would the fern or what looks like oak leaves lay the way they do

[mrbadexample]

On 2/26/2016 at 10:09 AM, George111 said:

Looks like you had the picture up the right way in the first photo to me

Why would the fern or what looks like oak leaves lay the way they do

Sorry George, missed this post. I'm informed it's a cornucopia. 

[Paulus]

16 minutes ago, mrbadexample said:

Sorry George, missed this post. I'm informed it's a cornucopia. 

aka Horn of Plenty

[George111]

Looks very roman-ish

[George111]

Cob coin pirate treasures

 

[mrbadexample]

Sorry, I did get it identified in the end. It's a Philip II of Naples tornese, 1599. Now residing with the person who identified it for me - bit out of my collecting sphere, that one.