Trinket with Egyptians Playing Lute & Lyre

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Hit a very over-hunted old city park today but came up with a few cool finds, but this was the best. If anybody knows anything about this, please post it.

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Interestingly, it is two pieces, held together by the chain!

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Didn't find this next one today, but I did find it this month. Looks like I'm on an Egyptian trend!

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What are the odds of finding 2 Egyptian type finds .... both are cool in the 1st pic at the very bottom is that writing ? Is it possible the base is an old coin ?
 

What are the odds of finding 2 Egyptian type finds .... both are cool in the 1st pic at the very bottom is that writing ? Is it possible the base is an old coin ?

Great question about the possible writing. I'm glad you reminded me... I was showing it to my neighbor and he asked me the same question. I intended to take a closer look when I got home, but got busy with other things. It does indeed look like writing. I will take a micro closeup in a minute and post it to see if anyone can make out or make a good guess at what it says. Looks to me like it ends in "IV", so it might be a Roman numeral date.
 

very cool, both of them.
 

I should add that the first piece came from a park that used to have a Civil War cemetery (long since moved) and the 2nd one from a mid-1800's homestead.
 

Very cool finds! :occasion14:
 

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