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New Member
Greece
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on one side has the crescent moon with a star and writes with Greek letters 'BYZANTION' On the other hand I can not understand what is written   if anyone has seen a same coin or knows something about this and the value of it please help me. sorry for the pictures quality Edited by pit
11/24/2012 8:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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BYZANTION was a Greek city...so this coin is not Byzantine I think...
Wiki tells me that was the previous name for Istambul..which makes sense because the crescent and star made me think the coin look islamic.
Edited by DavidUK
11/24/2012 8:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hadrian, maybe? Others will know more then I!
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New Member
 Greece
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Edited by pit
11/24/2012 8:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well I looked around and I am almost certain that the coin is not Byzantine but rather Roman Provincial.. Look here....There is one of Trajan....from that area...with a left facing bust, on yours I am almost sure its a right facing bust, but thats where the big time Roman guys come in.... Varbanov 1638 http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree...ntium/t.html  Edited by Ancientnoob
11/24/2012 8:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Byzantion (or Byzantium) was a provincial city in the Roman Empire, and would later become Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This coin (which I am pretty sure is a Roman provincial) would have been minted during the Roman imperial era (probably minted around 2nd/3rd century from the looks of it), not the Byzantine era (its coinage starts around the late 5th century AD).
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Interesting coin pit.
Byzantium (later Constantinople now Istanbul) adopted the crescent moon as its symbol. According to some reports in honor of the goddess Diana, goddess of the hunt, the moon and birthing.
When the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453, they adopted the city's existing flag and it can still be seen in many Muslim items today. Incredible journey.
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New Member
Greece
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thanks for the info.
I'm starting to think that too is Roman
I can not understand that about the Greek letters
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not everyone in the Empire was a Latin speaker and even fewer could read and write it let alone engrave it. It is quite common to see Roman coins of Greek and former Greek lands to retain the original language. In the provinces you will see coins with Latin, Greek and or a mixture of the both, it is also common to see coins with a completely Latin Legend and a mint mark symbolized by a Greek Letter, for Example Siscia mint with an Greek Letter "Gamma" in later pieces indicating what shop produced the coin.
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the community It is a Roman Provinical coin from Byzantium in Thrace, sadly unless you can make out the legend on the obverse it is going to be difficult to tell who it is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I sweat the head looks like Hadrian but the coin is very similar to that of Trajan....hum I believe echizento is correct.
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New Member
Greece
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Thank you very much ...
I think the first letter is A
and the last from the right side is K
from what I can see
Edited by pit
11/24/2012 9:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that's a cool coin pit, haven't seen one of those. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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...pit, you might want to soak your coin, try distilled water or extra virgin olive oil..soak for week at a time ,pull out brush with tooth brush... nice find... 
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New Member
Greece
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and I'd not seen again ...
may not have much value
although I would like to know of curiosity what is the value.
but I believe it is a rare coin ...
I do not know what other people think here who know about these
Thanks for the advice. :)
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Posted 11/24/2012 8:00 pm
