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Roman Or Byzantine? I'm Not Sure.

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Here is what I know:

Diameter is only 9 mm and mass is 0.7 g
Material is copper or bronze
One side has a wreath that forms a small "O" at the bottom with a Roman? Templar? cross in the middle. The other side is pretty unintelligible to me. Maybe a portrait, but that is only when I half-squint my eyes.

Any thoughts? I know that there isn't too much to go on and my pics are not very clear.




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Might be a nummus of Hilderic, a king of the Vandals.
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Ok yes interesting. I see a picture of a Hilderic Nummus (ref. Wroth 9) over on the Ancient Imports site that has the same cross ("cross potent"), surrounded by a wreath forming a small "o" and then surrounded by a circular border. Interestingly, the obverse of that coin is just about completely gone too.
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I think Bob nailed it again. Their is a similar one on Acsearch here is the link. http://www.acsearch.info/search.htm...r=0&company=
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