Need help ID.the coin.

[The Bulgarian]

Hi every body.Friend of mine found this ring.Any help ID this coin will appreciated.
THANK YOU.

 

[allen]

looks roman or greek to me,
but im hardly ever right !

 

[Mackaydon]

Reminds me of a Spanish MARAVEDIS (castles and lions in the cross quadrants)
Still looking.......
Don....
Later: Philip II, Carlos II and III put monograms, including the initial "S", on some of their coinage. Maybe.........?

 

[tford62]

That is a cool ring, any idea on age? Congratulations, I am green with envy. T.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

The coin looks old, but more importantly, the setting of the ring looks old. Nice, real nice.
Carl

 

[Mr Tuff]

looks irish.. nice find MR TUFF

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

no idea, but looks great to me, you might try posting it in the what is it forum, a lot of very knowledgeable people there. hh

 

[tford62]

The coin looks old, but more importantly, the setting of the ring looks old. Nice, real nice.
Carl
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Yes, that is what I meant, the setting looked old and I was really wondering the age of the setting. Is it possible it is from 6 or 7 hundred yrs ago, or is it just supposed to look like it is? T.

 

[skalleewag]

that is killer! i woulda died if i found it

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Spanish Cobb. Very nice ring! For more info on Spanish Cobbs, visit http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Sp-Cobs.intro.html

 

[CRUSADER]

The setting just looks amateur & might not be very old.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Here we go again.... This ring looks Old to me pre 1900's. Great coin and ring find !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[CRUSADER]

Here we go again.... This ring looks Old to me pre 1900's. Great coin and ring find !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

pre-1900 old

The coin is old spanish I guess, hard to see properly. Just pointing out it was a sloppy job & semi-professional at best. Doesn't mean it doesn't have charm & a real stunning find. A commission piece but not by a master craftsman.Just my opinion. So here we do go again

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

Phillip IIII half real maybe. Mexico mint.

 

[The Patriot]

Old spanish cob placed in a ring setting... ring possbily from mid to late 1800's... may be even older...neat find regardless ...congrats

 

[CRUSADER]

Old Spanish cob placed in a ring setting... ring possbily from mid to late 1800's... may be even older...neat find regardless ...congrats

Maybe later as well. When did it become fashionable to use Spanish silver as a form of jewellery? What over examples are there out there with these dates? Or are you judging it on crudeness?
(playing devils advocate, I have no idea)

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Here we go again.... This ring looks Old to me pre 1900's. Great coin and ring find !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

pre-1900 old

The coin is old spanish I guess, hard to see properly. Just pointing out it was a sloppy job & semi-professional at best. Doesn't mean it doesn't have charm & a real stunning find. A commission piece but not by a master craftsman.Just my opinion. So here we do go again

Right, that's what gives me the Idea that it is old. The Craftsmenship, it's the quality you would see back then. No sleek designs or fancy curves just a ring. The poor quality tells me its older and yes hand made.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[DCMatt]

The setting just looks amateur & might not be very old.

I'm with CRUSADER - the coin _may_ be old but the setting is modern. It has that "Atocha Shipwreck jewelry" feel to me.

DCMatt

 

[CRUSADER]

Here we go again.... This ring looks Old to me pre 1900's. Great coin and ring find !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

pre-1900 old

The coin is old spanish I guess, hard to see properly. Just pointing out it was a sloppy job & semi-professional at best. Doesn't mean it doesn't have charm & a real stunning find. A commission piece but not by a master craftsman.Just my opinion. So here we do go again

Right, that's what gives me the Idea that it is old. The Craftsmenship, it's the quality you would see back then. No sleek designs or fancy curves just a ring. The poor quality tells me its older and yes hand made.

Keep @ it and HH!!

Not saying it is. I have seen students make similar, only 20 years ago. Poor quality, as you put it can be any age.

 

[CRUSADER]

The setting just looks amateur & might not be very old.

I'm with CRUSADER - the coin _may_ be old but the setting is modern. It has that "Atocha Shipwreck jewelry" feel to me.

DCMatt

Thanks, my point was purely one of keeping an open mind. Because things look old doesn't make it so. When was it fashionable to wear Spanish Silver, well since people found them & wanted to wear them (us as treasure hunters for example, we would want the setting to look older, would we not). In the early 1800s the coin would have been too valuable to waste on a ring (no evidence to back this up, just simple logic).