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Offline Kevin P

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Help identifying a late Byzantine AE coin #2
« on: July 30, 2023, 02:10:38 am »
This coin is much smaller than the other one and might fall into one of the other AE denominations that I don't understand well (assarion, follaro, tornese).  Looks like a standing emperor obverse with a few letters in 2 lines in the left field and likely also in the right field.  the reverse is a jeweled cross with at least 1 letter in each quadrant.

1.35gm 17mm
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Re: Help identifying a late Byzantine AE coin #2
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2023, 09:22:22 pm »
Another option is an imitation of the Alexius I Comnenus , many imitations were made  of much lesser weight.

This old page of mine gives you some examples of imitations.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6572
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Offline Vladislav D

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Re: Help identifying a late Byzantine AE coin #2
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2023, 08:58:39 pm »
Another possibility is Trebizond .
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Re: Help identifying a late Byzantine AE coin #2
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2023, 03:19:40 am »
Thank you for those suggestions.  I think both suggestions are possibilities.  Here are lighter photos.

The reverse of the Trebizond coin you posted, Vlad, is very close to this one.  Not sure about the obverse.  Where is a good reference guide for similar Trebizond coins?

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Re: Help identifying a late Byzantine AE coin #2
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2023, 03:23:33 am »
Might be easier to see if smaller.
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Re: Help identifying a late Byzantine AE coin #2
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2023, 03:37:32 am »
The reverse letters look like:

 :Greek_Phi: - ?
 :Greek_Gamma: - N
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