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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5268 Posts	Posted 07/14/2026 08:08 am this weighs 7.9 grams, and has dimensions of 20x22 mm. There is not much to go on. It appears to be cast, those bumps look like casting sprues. This fact should narrow it down a bit. On the almost obscured side, I see what might be faint letters above the dotted rim: ANT Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 190556 Posts	Posted Yesterday 10:30 am Giving this a bump to get some eyes on it. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16883 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:02 am In a case like this, what I think we have is not a cast coin, but a cast blank which was then used to strike an otherwise-normal coin. Casting sprues like this can often be seen on small Seleucid and late Ptolemaic bronzes. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 916 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:21 am most ancient coin flans were cast Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7970 Posts	Posted Today 9H 23M ago I was wondering if Byzantine could be an option. Follis of Justin I has similar bust and mint name but is too large.https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=16766787 The half follis is the right size, but doesn't match reverse.https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=16766789 Edited by tdziemia Today 9H 22M ago Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5268 Posts	Posted Today 9H 4M ago Thanks. I never realized that the blanks were cast. In this case it is not entirely blank but there is a recognizable outline of a head. Would a blank have had some imagery? Report this Post to the Staff
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