Hammered silver in MA

[rsilva02667]

My buddy has been on a roll lately with old silver, first a two Reales from Spain and now a REALLY old one! 1500's ?!?! Looks to be a 159* hammer Spanish silver?? This coin is awesome, I never thought I would see 1500s come out of the ground around here! Any help on the ID would be great.



Thanks for looking

 

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[Aureus]

One time I picked up a shiny new clad quarter and saw two globes (some state quarter) and thought is was a globes and pillars. I shouted to a buddy then felt like a real idiot. Hahaha

Yes. That can happen as well. I remember hunting at very old site. After hearing a nice signal pulled from a pinpointer depth a nice shiny coin the size of a 2 Real. Was super excited until noticed it's just a religious aluminum token with the words ''Don't Blaspheme!'' in French. Let me tell you it was pretty hard to follow the token's instruction for a couple of minutes...

 

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[pepperj]

I've had a few over the years-this one I thought it was some type of coin from India as I could make out the elephant. We all had a good when I was informed it was a Roman silver.

SILVER Denarius - 49 to 44 BC,
by JULIUS CAESAR,
Refers to MILITARY VICTORY of GAUL !! When this denarius was first minted, it was a day's wages for one of Julius Caesar's soldiers.
Obv: Elephant Trampling a Serpent
Rev: Priestly Implements Obv ElephantRev Bird facing left​

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations!

 

[A2coins]

I always like to het Hammered!!!!!!

 

[hbeaton]

Awesome find! 1758 or 1759 Ferdinand VI half reale. You can see the F(RD) VI on the obverse. His reign was from 1746-1759.

 

[Mackaydon]

Hbeaton, you're so right !
If it's 16mm in diameter and weighs no more than 1.69 grams, it's a 1/2 R.
The coin is from the reign of Fernando IV (1746-1759).
Part of the legend is legible. The entire legend would read: FRD VI D.G. HISP ET IND R
If the coin had only royal crowns, it was minted during the period 1747-1758.
If the coin had both imperial and royal crowns, it was minted between 1757 and 1760.
Don......