Unusual Arab-Byzantine Follis... Later Imitation?

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Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 3:47 pm Got this in the mail yesterday along with that bracteate pfennig I posted: Reverse definitely has a large M with cross above, bungled "ANO" to left, and what looks like two lines of Arabic below. Obverse I can't make out; it's either a poor copy of a Byzantine portrait, or just Arabic text. Scanned through Zeno and Stephen Album and can't find anything like it. Thoughts? Edited by Finn235 12/06/2016 3:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 4:08 pm Interesting, not one that I've seen before. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 4:25 pm Looks like an overstrike, perhaps Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 4:26 pm Looking at the obverse picture again, I am pretty sure I see the arabic letter "la" (I call it the "twisty tie letter"), so the obverse is either a nimbate head above two lines of text, or three lines of text. Edited by Finn235 12/06/2016 4:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 7:34 pm I'm with Ben on this one--it looks like an overstrike. Maybe get a rough ID on the Byzantine host coin, and then subtract out those elements to leave the remaining Arabic text? It seems like this is the sort of thing that they do on TV cops shows all the time... "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 7:59 pm Yep, overstrike. Here's the obverse turned right-side up and compared with other issues at: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sh...Default.aspx https://www.vcoins.com/Default.aspx...oduct=444682 https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/mo...Default.aspx Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 12/07/2016 02:22 am Ahh, I am seeing it now! Thanks for the suggestion! Did this happen often with these bronzes? I am only able to find one even remotely similar to this coin: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sh...Default.aspx Report this Post to the Staff
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