Purchased As Spanish Cob Coin, But I Think Its More Like Byzantine Help Please

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Vkz_uk New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 2:42 pm Hi all, Been few years havent post anything, but lost all day in trying figure out this. Purchased in auction as spanish cob coin 17 century. But could not locate anything similar. I think its more like Byzantine Trachy coin. Would appreciate any help Thank you Report this Post to the Staff

Vkz_uk New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 2:51 pm Forgot the weight 1.7 grams Material: not silver not copper probably maybe bronze or other metal size: 14mm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 3:34 pm @vkz, is it nominally flat or cup-shaped? I agree that in the second pic, the figure looks nimbate. "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
Vkz_uk New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 3:41 pm Hi Spence, Thanks for replay, it is cup-shape something like this : https://picclick.co.uk/LANZ-BYZANTI...&gid=1&pid=1 The picture hammered in center of coin and sides are very empty. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 3:45 pm Ok yes definitely could be a billon Trachy then. I'm going to move this thread over to the medieval and ancient section of CCF so that we can get some specific eyes on this. "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
Vkz_uk New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 3:47 pm this looks most similar to portrait in my coin 1092 Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 5:36 pm Well, this certainly shows that we should not take the word of an auction house to identify coins. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/20/2020 9:05 pm Latin Rulers of Constantinople. Report this Post to the Staff
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