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Hi Everyone, New member, Martin, in the SW of the UK. Been a numismatic for years and have lived for many years in the USA. If anyone can give me a clue on this coin pictured, I would appreciate it. It is in poor condition but I suspect it may be very old. Any ideas?

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@brit, first welcome to CCF. Second, this coin looks Byzantine to me. If you can post a pic of the other side, we can help narrow down what you have. At that point, I might move your thread over to the ancients subforum so that we can get some expert opinions.
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Welcome to the Forum. You've come to a phenomenal place to share and learn.

Good call on Byzantine Spence. On Numista I filtered "K" under Byzantine coins and there are several that are very similar. Coinoscope came up with nil.

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Wow you guys are good, Byzantine it is. looks to be from the 500s. Here are a couple of picture of the other side but not sure they will help much as it is in very poor condition. I have always been advised never to clean a coin in case I damage it, but I wonder what may be visible if cleaned.


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Because of the wear I can't be certain, but my best guess is that it is a half follis of the emperor Justinian I.

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