ID Help - Coin From India Or Other Asia?

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Wallet Valued Member Sweden 454 Posts	Posted 03/02/2019 09:23 am Hi, Can anyone help me to identify this coin? Weigth 3.10 gram Diameter 20 mm. Report this Post to the Staff

yellow88 Pillar of the Community United States 581 Posts	Posted 03/02/2019 09:44 am Byzantine Empire. I know that doesn't exactly narrow it down to a KM#, much less a specific century, but the symbiology (for lack of a better word) is stereotypical Byzantinean. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34448 Posts	Posted 03/02/2019 09:51 am It does have some Byzantine design characteristics, although the letters in the inscriptions are definitely not right. I think more likely it is Cilician Armenia. Compare, for example, this Kardez from Levon III: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces70655.html "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Wallet Valued Member Sweden 454 Posts	Posted 03/02/2019 11:24 am @Spence. Thank you! I'll think you're right. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/02/2019 3:25 pm The coin is from Cilician Armenia and is Hetoum II. Report this Post to the Staff
Wallet Valued Member Sweden 454 Posts	Posted 03/03/2019 10:28 am @echizento Ok. Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff
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