Help ID an Old Coin

[Santiam]

Looking for help identifying this approximately 1.5 inch diameter coin. The underlying metal appears silver rather than bronze, but that's a swag. Follow on question, real or fake, understanding that it may be difficult to tell from two photos? Thank you.

 

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[Mackaydon]

Welcome to Treasure Net !!
Can you relate the backstory?
Did you dig it or buy it or obtain by other means?
The green hue suggests copper.
Don........

 

[Crispin]

My first guess is Don Quixote...

 

[A2coins]

NO WAY That is freakin sweet!!! Looks super old Nice find

 

[DIGDIG]

Check the edge for the name BECKER, not saying its a Becker replica but much depends on where and how you got it. If you don't know the story of Becker he replicated many coins of the past, many called him a counterfeiter. He made many replica coins for museums and such. Many coin collectors are not a fan of his work.

 

[Mackaydon]

I believe the image in the field on the left side of each side is called a 'tamgha'; found plentiful in Indian coins (Kushan-Huvishka) during the second century AD .
Don..........

 

[DIGDIG]

Was it found in the states? Your profile did not say where you were from.

 

[A2coins]

I think someone just posted on the recent finds a coin just like your

 

[Santiam]

Sorry for delayed espouse, I was out and about. Thanks for all of the replies! I'm from the States, West Coast, and got it at a flea market like setting.

 

[Santiam]

Response, not espouse......

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

That appears to be a coin from the Kushan Empire which spanned parts of what are now Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northwestern India between c. AD30-375. I’m not 100% sure but it looks to be Kanishka I (Kanishka the Great) who ruled between AD 127–150. This one is a modern imitation:

Yours looks like it might be authentic, although bronze plating over a silver-coloured interior would be a bad sign. Many Kushan coins were produced in gold and modern fakes exist which are plated white metal. A lower denomination coin would be all-bronze and a multiple of the drachm, with face value depending on size. If authentic, a dealer might be asking somewhere in the region of $150-$200 for one of those.