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Post #70: Please Help Identify Unknown Byzantine Coin

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 Posted 10/31/2020  1:35 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add twood89 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This coin weighs 5.06 grams and is 20mm in diameter. It looks like both sides of this coin have the reverse legends from Leo VI era coins, lmk what exactly you guys think this is... odd coin
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 Posted 10/31/2020  2:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kushanshah to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks more like a seal than a coin.
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 Posted 10/31/2020  2:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add twood89 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good point, you might be spot on with that. Does anyone have any skill with identifying Byzantine seals?
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Typically they have the name and rank (in Greek) of an official. I suggest transcribing as best you can and then search here: https://www.doaks.org/resources/seals
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I agree a seal.
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I looked on Dumbarton Oaks but couldnt find any match because my legends are incomplete and the database is just so large. But at least I know its a Byzantine seal.
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