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Nice sand patina. OK, a little different coin that shouldn't be too difficult to guess the emperor. It is from the 11th century. 
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I'am sure it's chinese but I wouldn't know how to id it.
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Chinese it is, actually if you where to search http://zeno.ru it should be pretty easy to ID.
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Chris, the second word is right.
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Yes, good job, Shen Zong 988-1022. XIANG FU TONG BAO.
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woah....that was pretty lucky. there is a small army of "zongs" that are chinese emperors in the ball park of that time! i just picked up a small lot of northern song coins, i'll post in the near future. back to the occident for this fellow.. 
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Titus?
Can I return to the Maximian VOT X. I disagree with the attribution. GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C would be Galerius and make this coin RIC VI Carthage 36.
Martin
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Good pickup, Martin. I just reviewed the ERIC sections for Maximian and Galerius, didn't realize that Galerius's name did not appear as such on his coins. Good to know.
As for the current GTE offering, hmm. It does look like an earlier emperor but not many have left-facing portraits.
Perhaps a Vespasian sestertius or as?
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Good catch Martin, I didn't check the legend. Guess I went out of turn. Still a nice coin from a short running mint.
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