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Hi, Please Help Identify Roman(?) Coin

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please help identify roman(?) 30mm coin


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 Posted 09/11/2011  08:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ancientcoinguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello yuval! This coin is not Roman, in fact it is of the Byzantine Empire! I am much less familiar with the coinage of the Byzantines, but there are several key factors that show me that it is theirs.

1) The size of this coin is a whopping 30mm, a HUGE coin for its time period (and the present!). Late Roman bronze coins were much smaller than this.

2) The obverse portrait, or whats left of it, is very crude in appearance. This is due to the lesser quality dies and much less care the Byzantines used and put into the minting of their coins. Roman coins have very sharp and detailed images.

3) The reverse depicts a huge 'M', which is very typical of the Byzantine Empire.

Now I am afraid that is where my knowledge of this coin ends...someone else will have to help you attribute it. I must warn you though, it is in pretty rough shape so it may be impossible to attribute it fully. Perhaps it is Anastasius I....?

Edit: I noticed a few faint letters under the 'M' on the reverse after my initial posting. I see CON, so this was minted in Constantinople.
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The coin is Byzantine, and is called a Follis as indicated by the large M on the reverse. It's value is 40 nummi. You will also see this value marked as XXXX. While not much of the bust or legend is visible, I think that it is the emperor Justin I 518-527 AD. Struck at the Constantinople mint.
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