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Wallet Valued Member Sweden 463 Posts	Posted 07/30/2026 12:10 pm Hello, Can anyone help me to indentify this coin. Look as some 12 Nummi Byzantine, but can't find any similar. 1.05 gram 12 mm Report this Post to the Staff

Victor Pillar of the Community United States 930 Posts	Posted 07/30/2026 1:05 pm It might be an Arab-Byzantine imitation. Clive Foss, in his book "Arab-Byzantine Coins" has several similar examples. Report this Post to the Staff
Wallet Valued Member Sweden 463 Posts	Posted Today 11H 4M ago @Victor Thank you! I look further. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7998 Posts	Posted Today 9H 5M ago One of these was just identified recently over on Numistas. I can't get Numista to load at the moment, but will try to find the link when I can. Similar to this Persian occupation type: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=16703209 Edited by tdziemia Today 8H 59M ago Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 930 Posts	Posted Today 7H 50M ago Quote: Similar to this Persian occupation type It's not very similar, except as a possible prototype, since the coin you linked to is 17mm 6.7g; while Wallet's coin is 12mm 1.05g Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7998 Posts	Posted Today 53M ago Good point. Further, it is Constans II whose dodecanummium has the ruler holding a cross and a globus (Sear 1027). https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12069629 Whether it's an unusually small planchet, or a copy, I think that's the closest match. Weights were highly variable. It's easy to find Byzantine examples between 9 and 3.7 grams https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6116571, Arab imitation types even lower: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8104115 Report this Post to the Staff
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