History of an Eid Mar "fake"

Hi,

I have come across this coin as part of an old collection of Roman coins. It clearly seems to be a fake, as there are obvious differences from the Eid Mar coin (apart from the fact of the scarcity of the coin, which would make it highly unlikely to show up like this…). However, I am a bit curious if someone has come across a coin like this? It is interesting that someone has been trying to make a fake, and then made it with some obvious differences from the original, which can easily be spotted. That is not the typical way of creating fakes.

(And as you can see, it has unfortunately been stored for many years in the wrong type of plastic folders)

/J

I agree with your observations and cannot find anything even remotely the same either as far as counterfeits. You mentioned an old collection so maybe this was the old counterfeiters mindset for whatever their reasoning.  The myriad entities counterfeiting them now at least make an effort to manufacture them to better resemble coins on both the obverse and reverse of the same era. 

Thanks harryg! It is a curious coin. The coin collection, which I have taken over, is well structured with most coins identified and sorted. Unfortunately, I do not know the history of how the EM coin came into the possession of the original owner (and I do not know his thoughts around it and whether he considered it to be a counterfeit). So in this collection, that coin stands out as some kind of mystery!