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Djrev757 Valued Member United States 131 Posts	Posted 06/24/2025 7:07 pm Hello, would this be a 40 Nummis based on the large M? If so, is anyone able to narrow down which by the limited remaining design. Heavily clipped unfortunately. Thank you very much. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 06/25/2025 12:01 am The "M" is certainly descended from the "M" found on the Byzantine follis or 40-nummi coin. However, by the time this coin was issued, I'm pretty sure nobody remembered what the "M" was there for. Specifically for this coin, which is giving off strong "Arab-Byzantine" vibes for me; I'm not aware of any genuine Byzantine coins where the M is flanked by two figures as if it were a Zoroastrian fire-altar. On Byzantine and on most Arab-Byzantine coins, there's lettering there rather than figures. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34402 Posts	Posted 06/25/2025 06:16 am Seems to be a pretty decent match for a 7th Century Follis/40 Nummis of Constans II with the TKW monogram. See here for a comparison: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5156834 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces143731.html I'm interested to see where we net out on this though. "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
Djrev757 Valued Member United States 131 Posts	Posted 06/25/2025 7:09 pm https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5156834 Is pretty close, The lettering below the M appears to end in C/L as well with a letter in front. Person on the right is holding something made of dots. The person on the left, the staff appears dotted like the right but attached. On the obvrse the right guy is essentially the same with the left guy being the same outside of I "THINK" he is holding a bow in left hand staff in right. The line from arm to waist appears almost evenly curved top and bottom going into the waist/neck. If any of that helps. But the linked coin is the closest from the 2 Edited by Djrev757 06/25/2025 7:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 06/25/2025 7:24 pm Quote: 8 Reales Supreme National Congress of America - Insurgent coin ...for those worried that this sounds suspiciously like political spam: I thought that too but turns out it's an actual series from early 19th century Mexico. No relation to these Byzantine coins, though. I suspect it was a mistaken copy-paste error. on the ID, by the way - interesting type! I'd probably have also thought Arab-Byzantine, but those also tend to have lettering rather than figures on the sides of the M. Report this Post to the Staff
Djrev757 Valued Member United States 131 Posts	Posted 06/25/2025 7:33 pm sorry I was researching another coin of mine and forgot to correctly copy and paste his link lol. Corrected the comment Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 06/26/2025 04:28 am Always happy to be proven wrong. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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