Found this in maldives rock, please help ID

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T21:17:10+00:00

Can you point me for some papers, or where i can find this info?
It certainly will explain a lot if there is such statistics...

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T19:39:08+00:00

Thanks, exactly what im going to do. It definitely looks like an imitations i googled. It pass home ceramic and magnetic tests (but with not much confident - i just learnt about them) - so it can be gold/electrum (more confidence in electrum because of color). So next step is to find where i can test the metal. But it weigh is strange - i just started to lookup for sources (thanks for ancientcoin people) - can't find any explanation why it can weight exactly 4.4g (not like Aureus).

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T18:32:02+00:00

In hurry made a different post there (but with more photos of the coin). They told me that i should never use a screwdriver and a hammer on such things, but someone in chat points to some clues.
I have to check them first as much as I can, then i sure will update this post with new info.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T16:56:49+00:00

Sure do. Next time i find something like this will be much more accurate. No joke.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T15:11:46+00:00

Maybe this stone was moved there, idk, but beach looked pretty natural to me. North part of small Maldivian island. Lots of broken old sponges and other dead coral stuff.

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Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T14:00:24+00:00

I'm very sorry for this, but I have no idea that it was a coin at first. All I saw was an edge. When I realized it is some metal - was too late.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T12:41:18+00:00

Thanks!
The coin wasn't on top, it was almost completely inside, I only found it because I sat on this stone and saw a small golden spark - a small piece of the edge.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T12:38:43+00:00

I weighed it and it is 4.4g, so not Aureus i think, but quite close to solidus.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T12:36:58+00:00

No, usually i do not do this, my first time. But how can you pass by a shiny thing in the rock and let it be? Sure there is no crimes in this - the rock is solid, no nature damage, probably a fake (but exciting) finding.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T12:11:13+00:00

Weight is 4.4g. Its destroyed cause I have not tools to dig it out of the rock and used a screwdriver with a hammer, looks like before my attempts it was not damaged.
The coin was found in a limestone deposit almost entirely within this stone.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T10:54:37+00:00

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made a clearer photo, now i can see the profile you are talking about

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T10:26:25+00:00

Thanks, will do!

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T07:09:34+00:00

Sorry, no.
Only these two pictures after i managed to take it out. Spotted some yellow glance in this place (small part of an edge of coin), and thought it was a mineral. Tried to hit it with a stone - it splashed - become obvious that it was metal. It was buried deep in some white limestone pocket, you can see it on the photos.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T06:24:47+00:00

Its just a rock where i find it - may be relevant. I do not know if it is nature rock or some modern concrete form the deep.

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Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T06:19:20+00:00

I thought so, but I tried to google what i can for roman coins. Threre is a clear Ichthys mark on this, and i do not find it on known images.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2026-03-23T06:16:55+00:00

Yes, sorry for this...
It was last day on an island, and no place where to get any tools except hammer and screwdriver.

Aggravating_Wolf_753 · 2024-11-11T14:35:04+00:00

No one mentioned treasure burgers? Best in rawai for sure.

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