Unknown coin [solved]

I thought this was a George II, but on closer inspection it seems a foreign coin...can anyone help with ID?

Many thanks

Obverse is similar to this. Can't tell about the reverse.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces58780.html

It is an 'Evasion token' from the UK.

Thanks ever so much guys!
it looked so similar to a George, all makes sense now, a UK token....

Joe

Obverse: Portrait left
CLAUDUIS ROMANUS
Reverse: Britannia seated left
BRITAIN RULES

lot of threads linked to USA Birmingham tokens here

The catalogue number is Atkins 38 ....
http://www.irish-tokens.co.uk/evasions.htm


and in exergue is 1771 date.

Thanks Zac!

Information: http://www.thecoppercorner.com/history/evasions_hist.html


CLAUDUIS ROMANUS // BRITAIN RULES / 1771
Obverse: Portrait left
Reverse: Britannia seated left

Have found many George II coins nearby while metal detecting...finally find a forgery! Thanks for your help, I will know what I find next time, especially as so many coins were forged in 18th c..

Joeski70

Those are great! Many very amusing legends.

They were indeed well known in the young United States.
A clue from period literature - In The House of Seven Gables, first published in 1851, Miss Hepzibah Pynchon opens a "cent shop" . Her uncle gives her some advice including "Never take paper-money! Look well to your change! Ring the silver on the four-pound weight! Shove back all English half-pence and base copper tokens, such as are very plenty about town!"