Thread: Stubtail Birks 18th Century

Originally Posted by Geezer

just a swag:
old Roman coinage??
~Richard

Nice! Thanks for the input!

Well, I have some more detailed pictures here, and now I can see a resemblance of a Griffon in there, head pointed to the left (first picture) with 2 wings, 4 paws and a long tail... Maybe I'm dreaming I don't know...
Either way, the first picture shows that it isn't original, it shows marks of the previous, larger collars / washers, also the fact that it is clearly re-pinned / rescaled (hole in tang) confirms this



Update:

Since one of the collars was missing, I had to remove the pin (and change the collars in the future) and it gave me a better look at the other side, it was apparently stamped out



Mystery!