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cyberfish2 New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 07/14/2011 11:03 pm This large Roman(?) coin was included with an ebay batch. I did a Google search in images, and came up empty, but I'm betting one of you will know what it is. The reverse is a microscope picture. The obverse shows the size. I think it is bronze. It weighs 12.14 gms. Thanks. Edited by cyberfish2 07/14/2011 11:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 03:18 am It's a Byzantine follis. The obverse is too messed up for me to try to ID the emperor from that, but the denomination mark in Roman numerals, "XXXX", was less common than the Greek numeral "M". As far as I know, the only emperor for whom Roman numerals can be found written like this on coins from Constantinople mint is Phocas. Wildwinds example, listed as number 640 in the Sear catalogue of Byzantine coins. On your coin, the regnal year appears to be "u" (5) which would translate to a date of 606/607 AD, and officina gamma (number 3). 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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 12:36 pm I agree this coin does appear to be the emperor Phocas. Report this Post to the Staff
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