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svnhson Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 05/12/2017 4:57 pm Afternoon all! I was picking through a tray of mainly Byzantine uncleaned coins at a local coin store (I found a few nice ones, including a desert patina Arcadius ae4) and noticed this strange item: I'd never seen anything like it before. The dealer thought it might be Arab-Byzantine, but it seems awfully stylized if that's the case. Any ideas? Thanks as always for any help you can provide! Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/12/2017 6:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 05/12/2017 7:22 pm Is that a Temple/ Altar on the 1st picture Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 05/12/2017 7:36 pm First pic reminds me of the hammered 1/2 rupee coins from Bhutan: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces54202.html Size and weight? Report this Post to the Staff
svnhson Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 05/12/2017 10:49 pm Unfortunately, I didn't buy it so I don't have an exact weight, but I do own one of the hammered rupees (great name for a band) in question and the mystery object is much thinner (it's about the thickness of a medieval European coin), somewhat smaller (especially without the "flanges") and is bronze, not copper. Edited by svnhson 05/12/2017 11:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
svnhson Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 05/16/2017 4:17 pm The diameter is 15 mm. Don't have mass but it is almost paper-thin Report this Post to the Staff
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