Unidentified Ancient Coin | Byzantine Decanummium

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mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 11/10/2011 05:38 am I am having problems with the ID of this coin. Any help would be most appreciated. It is 8mm diameter, 3mm thick, 4g weight. Appears to be a wine pitcher on one side, but I am probably looking at it upside down! Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap Edited by mapman 11/10/2011 06:03 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16872 Posts	Posted 11/10/2011 08:24 am It's Byzantine. The bottom pic is the reverse, and is right way up. The large "i" in the centre is the Greek number 10, making the denomination a quarter-follis or decanummium (10 nummia). The obverse is therefore going to be a portrait of the emperor, though I can't even tell which way is up in that pic. Though the mintmark is also unreadable, it does have a date, ANN XII (Year 12), which narrows down the options a bit. Best fit for this and for the tiny size seems to be emperor Heraclius, Catania (Sicily) mint. This example from Wildwinds is dated Year 13 rather than Year 12, but is of similar type. For Heraclius, Year 12 equates to 621/622 AD. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 11/10/2011 09:08 am Many thanks for the information Sap. See, I was looking at it upside down ! The portrait is too worn down to see any details. It honestly looks just like the picture - very blurred. Edited by mapman 11/10/2011 09:09 am Report this Post to the Staff
mvojnovic Pillar of the Community Serbia (Srbija) 576 Posts	Posted 11/12/2011 05:17 am Nice coin. I like it. My collection on Numista page: 7500 different coins and counting... https://en.numista.com/echanges/pro...hp?id=129798 Report this Post to the Staff
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