Real or Fake?

[Coin#addict]

Hi guys

I have this Celtic looking coin which weighs 1.2 grams. I know absolutely nothing about them but I was told few years back it was a fake. It was purchased in a joblot of metal detecting finds, over 100 different coins that were all legitimate,this one was on the fringes of his photos and blurry, so he wasn't touting it for the auction. 

Just double checking, because if it is fake, someone has went to a lot of trouble surely to make just this one, as I cannot find another identical example online??

Thank you ☺️

[Peckris 2]

Here is a gold coin with a similar obverse:

https://www.baldwin.co.uk/product/atrebates-regini-eppillus-gold-quarter-stater/

I'm afraid my knowledge of these is almost zero.

[Ukstu]

I personally think it is fake. Each side is from a different coin which should be gold. 

I can't find anything like it in Spink or Van Ardsell. I think it's a fantasy piece.

One side appears to be similar to the one linked above by Peckris and one side is trying to be this but doing a bad job in my opinion.

https://en.numista.com/459267

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Ukstu
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[Coin#addict]

5 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

Here is a gold coin with a similar obverse:

https://www.baldwin.co.uk/product/atrebates-regini-eppillus-gold-quarter-stater/

I'm afraid my knowledge of these is almost zero.

Thanks bud, my knowledge of them has been searching for this type for 2 years with absolutely no joy.

[Coin#addict]

2 hours ago, Ukstu said:

I personally think it is fake. Each side is from a different coin which should be gold. 

I can't find anything like it in Spink or Van Ardsell. I think it's a fantasy piece.

One side appears to be similar to the one linked above by Peckris and one side is trying to be this but doing a bad job in my opinion.

https://en.numista.com/459267

 

Thanks bud.  Thing is, even if it was a fantasy piece, why isn't there another one the same like? I went over it today with the metal detector and it came up silver signal.

[Ukstu]

I can't answer those questions. My gut feeling is its not genuine. It just looks really crude to me. 

How big is it ? I've weighed my cranborne chase silver stater which is a fairly large coin for a celtic coin and its 5.12 grams. My smaller Iceni unit weighs 1.15 grams. To give you some perspective of size I've put the Iceni unit next to a 2023 5p.

Best advice i can give you is measure it , weigh it and take some high quality images of it and send them to Chris Rudd. His contact address should be somewhere on his website. Google will get you there.

Edited 1 hour ago by Ukstu
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