A Forum Member Points to Saxony or Poland for a Coin Found in a Lot of Ancient Coins
On the CoinTalk forum, JoshuaP asked for help identifying a coin found among several hundred ancient coins and recognized as not Roman, in a thread titled "Medieval German or Austrian?" A reply said the coin is from Saxony or Poland and that the king is Augustus III of Poland, and another member wrote, "I was gonna say Saxony."
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We corrected the headline, summary and body to match the source. We made clear that the source is a forum thread, stopped presenting a reply as a confirmed identification, corrected "an elector of Saxony" in the English version to "an elected monarch from Saxony" and the number of members who agreed, and removed unsupported investment advice (to buy ungraded medieval coins) and investment keywords. The previous headline was "Unsorted Collection Yields Coin of Augustus III of Poland."
This article is based on posts in the CoinTalk forum thread "Help Identify Coin: Medieval German or Austrian?" The content consists of the posters' own statements and opinions and has not been verified by GNJ, and GNJ has not examined or authenticated the coin. The thread as retrieved does not show a posting date, so no date is given here.
Not a Roman Coin
The original poster, JoshuaP, wrote of buying a collection of several hundred loose and very rough ancient coins. On starting to go through them, JoshuaP saw this one and immediately knew it was not Roman. JoshuaP said the research so far had brought no luck and asked for a pointer in the right direction. The thread title asks whether the coin is medieval German or Austrian.
A Reply: Saxony or Poland
Another member, scottishmoney, replied that the coin is from Saxony or Poland, and that the king is Augustus III of Poland, an elected monarch from Saxony. JoshuaP thanked scottishmoney.
A third member, lordmarcovan, wrote, "I was gonna say Saxony."
Source: CoinTalk, "Help Identify Coin: Medieval German or Austrian?"
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