Need help on silver pendant

[NJ Garrett]

Hi all!

Typical Saturday hunt for me while my son was in art class. I went to my "regular" spot, and I found several wheat pennies, and a nice Andrew Jackson presidential token.

I found this interesting pendant. You'll have to trust me that there was a loop at the top, so this is not a coin. Definitely silver, roughly 4 g. One side has a bust with the name "Roma". The other side has a different bust with no name. On both sides, the busts have significant "relief".

I tried to do some searches, and came up with some Roman coins, but couldn't find anything that matches this. It is an oddly shaped pendant. Roughly the diameter of a nickle, but asymmetric.

Any suggestions on how to ID this would be greatly appreciated!

Kevin

 

[Nitric]

spin it! And see if an image appears! Sound insane, but try it! It's an out there guess!

 

[trapperart]

Cool stuff

 

[against the wind]

The image on the pendant portrays Mercury. The helmet with wings was worn by both the Roman god Mercury as well as the Greek god Hermes.
There is a Roman coin called Sextans that has a bust of Mercury wearing a winged helmet, that is somewhat similar to the one on your pendant.
Congrats on your find.

 

[TRanegar36]

Wow, that's really cool!

Congrats

 

[austin]

Thinking that this is modern jewelry designed and influenced by that Roman coin that against the wind mentioned...

 

[OldJerseyGirl]

I don't know what it is. But, is is just beautiful!

 

[GrandBlancDig]

I would have freaked out if I pulled that bad boy out!

 

[NJ Garrett]

Thanks all! The one side is Mercury, and the other side appears to be donning a Spartan helmet. Leonidas maybe? The closest that I could come to a match was this site: https://www.etsy.com/listing/242156740/god-poseidon-neptune-ancient-greek-coin Not a perfect match, but it's similar. Totally agree that this is not a Roman artifact (lol). Was hoping that I could connect it to a manufacturer and date.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Kevin

 

[Bruce R]

If it were modern silver,I would expect it to be marked somehow, but it definitely looks struck as opposed to cast.