Hi all,

Can anyone identify this item for me - is it real? it is from 1795 I'm not sure from where it came- what country? and if you can please let me know who is it on the observe and reverse?

thanks
TQ

It's from Sardinia, I'm not certain who the figure is on the reverse. The obverse is Victor Amedeo III I believe.

The reverse almost looks like the typical rendering of Marianne the French revolutionary, Phrygian bonnet and all! Unless that's just a soldier with a crested helmet...

Correct. Krause has a picture of one with less wear but it is small with poor contrast (useful only to identify the type).

Krause says Craig-51 and obverse legend says "VIC. AMED. D.G. REX. SARD.". Coin is a copper 5 Soldi, struck 1794-96. Earlier issues of this denomination with different designs but not illustrated (1732-39, 1741 and 1742-47) are listed and were struck in billon, according to Krause.