I'm quite curious because the article had no mention of what appears on the design on the face of the coin, it doesn't seem like the entire design represents the letters of the ruler's name, so the spoked wheel type design makes me wonder what it actually is. I have an old and large roman (or greek) gold coin myself but I've never taken it anywhere to be analysed/dated.
It does have a hole through it though, which I've read is either because it was used as a medallion/worn around the neck at some point, or to check that it's gold all the way through (which it appears to be).
The designs on it are super interesting as well, but I haven't found any reference to it at all, every couple of years I get curious and search, but I should really just take it to an expert.
Here's what they look like, in case anybody has any idea: https://imgur.com/a/fRrTKUg. Please ignore the NSFW warning, imgur does that for all it seems. Have never cleaned it, I got it from a family member when I was a child and it's still quite bright although seems dulled because it's not polished, the gold is quite smoothed over/worn.
It does have a hole through it though, which I've read is either because it was used as a medallion/worn around the neck at some point, or to check that it's gold all the way through (which it appears to be).
The designs on it are super interesting as well, but I haven't found any reference to it at all, every couple of years I get curious and search, but I should really just take it to an expert.
Here's what they look like, in case anybody has any idea: https://imgur.com/a/fRrTKUg. Please ignore the NSFW warning, imgur does that for all it seems. Have never cleaned it, I got it from a family member when I was a child and it's still quite bright although seems dulled because it's not polished, the gold is quite smoothed over/worn.