nthn
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chomp-master
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Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
nthn
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I searched Numista for all coins pre 1600 and less that 18 mm (a mercury dime), and the closest thing I saw was the following coin from Scotland:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55284.html
I wish I could find out what that thing is on the first picture. A dinosaur, flower...?
chomp-master
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My coin is after 1600, this would explain.
There is a default on the 1st pic, but this is the coat of arms of Riga (the file is not translated from French to English)
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PetrusAscanus
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It is clearly a solidus.
And I read a couple of letters of Christina.
So it is Poland, Lithuania or Livonia as Chomp-master suggests.
Or Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth
The house of Vasa were also rulers in Sweden.
Is it this Christina ? :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden
Only the two keys seems different.
The side with the name Christina has the arms of the Vasa (Wasa) dynasty (Sheaf of grain)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Vasa
Corrections welcome
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
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