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Identification Help - Byzantine Symbolism But.....

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22mm, 0.40 grams

yes. 0.40 grams. This is a wafer thin bronze coin.

The reverse reminds me of a Byzantine hexagram. Although, the obverse does look like an Arab-Byzantine coin. However, a cross on an Arab coin.........hmmmmmmmmmmm...........and ideas?

thanks!

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It looks to based on a solidus, but is cruder..


not sure what it is..

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Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine

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It does resemble Heraclius but not being gold and less than .5 gram it doesn't appear to be a genuine coin IMO.
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What I would point out is that if you look at the legend on the obverse, it appears to be "barbarous" in nature where it looks like a series of tick marks.

However, the iconography in general indeed does come close to the solidii of Heraclius. The reverse cross potentate on 3 steps is seen on both solidii and hexagram, but, on the hexagram there are additional figures on the reverse.

Barbarous imitation?
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