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 Pictures cropped. What is the diameter? 

 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

 There is OPTIMO PRINCIPI on the reverse, 

with maybe  S P Q R before it, above a figure with a raised right hand. 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

 Something like this, but with a much larger portrait. 

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Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

To me the bust looks like that of Claudius Gothicus, certainly not Trajan.

The low detail and porousnes also makes me think it might be a cast fake.

Hard to say without size & weight.

What's up with those scratches next to the bust?

The reverse does indeed look like the one identified by ZacUK. Perhaps a barbarous imitation? 

Or indeed a cast.

I think it is a modern tourist fake. It looks to have been cast, not struck. 

 

Obverse is Hadrian, but he did not mint any SPQR OPTIMP PRINCIP coins; Traianus did. So obverse Hadrian, reverse Traian, cast: perfect recipe for a fake touristic coin not to mess with real stuff in the museums. Somebody obviously vandalized the coin so that it would look more ancient:):):)  

SPQR

What's up with those scratches next to the bust?

The reverse does indeed look like the one identified by ZacUK. Perhaps a barbarous imitation? 

Or indeed a cast.

 

Unfortunately, I caused them 5 years ago. I found it then, and now I looked up what this coin actually is! its weight is 14.61g
I will write down its diameter tomorrow!

 

I'm talking to a translator, sorry if I don't describe something the way I want it to

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This would have been the original Traianus. Your coin's reverse is taken from this design.

Thespis266

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This would have been the original Traianus. Your coin's reverse is taken from this design.

and what material is it made of?

This is bronze. 

szenteeee

Thespis266

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This would have been the original Traianus. Your coin's reverse is taken from this design.

and what material is it made of?

i don't know 

Yours look bronze too (copper material, brown/orange from your photos) but I am definitely sure it is not a real coin but a modern fake. No such coin exists in antiquity. But maybe I am wrong. Take it to a museum.

szenteeee

Thespis266

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This would have been the original Traianus. Your coin's reverse is taken from this design.

and what material is it made of?

gold

Sorry, but yours does not look like gold. It is obviously “orichalcum” or simply “brass”. 

 

And anyway, I still believe your coin is a fake, worthless, modern junk. I suggest you take it to a museum to learn more about it. 

Thespis266

Sorry, but yours does not look like gold. It is obviously “orichalcum” or simply “brass”. 

 

And anyway, I still believe your coin is a fake, worthless, modern junk. I suggest you take it to a museum to learn more about it. 

 

 

I second this.

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