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Author Topic: Anonymous follis B imitation?  (Read 83 times)

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Offline DagonX

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Anonymous follis B imitation?
« on: March 08, 2024, 12:35:02 pm »
Hello!

Is it a anonymous follis B imitation or just a regular one that has been extensively cut down?

Diameter: ~19,3-24,7 mm
Weight: 5,58 g

Thanks for help!
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Offline wileyc

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Re: Anonymous follis B imitation?
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2024, 11:33:05 pm »
I would say a class b that's been about cut in half!

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Offline DagonX

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Re: Anonymous follis B imitation?
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2024, 02:53:53 am »
Quote from: wileyc on March 08, 2024, 11:33:05 pm
I would say a class b that's been about cut in half!

That was my first thought, but my suspicions were aroused when I looked at the ornaments in the nimbus. I've never seen round shapes, they're usually squares or dots.
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Re: Anonymous follis B imitation?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2024, 11:05:51 pm »


yes I have seen mostly squares in the nimbus of the Class B series, interestingly the wild wind site has a SB 1823/class B wwith a nimbus pattern similar to yours
 
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sb/i.html
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Offline DagonX

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Re: Anonymous follis B imitation?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2024, 02:00:15 pm »
Yup, looks similar, thanks a lot! :)

Also, I've found an old thread on another forum where suggested that cutting like that might be connected with Alexius reform and older follis was dropped to weight around 5 g, just like the new tetarteron coins.
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