Strange byzantine? coin

[Viminacium]

Found some strange coin... On one side its nothing... like newer was anything. On first side its circle with 2 people in it. Never seen coin like this... I think its byzantine but i really dont know. I cleaned it and hope details are visible.

[Viminacium]

Someone?

[Pekka K]

Size and weight could help opinions, as well as metal.
Looks like lead?

Reminds Egyptian lead tessera Milne 5334.

Pekka K

[Viminacium]

Doesnt look like lead at all... it is light red colour,cleaned to metal. Bronze or copper. Weight 4,43 grams, about 21mm in diameter. Found in east part of Serbia, few kilometers from Danube river.

[Viminacium]

Must be rare or unique cuz nobody can say anything about it...

[vercingetorix]

Looks like a bronze imitation of a 4th-5th c. Late Roman coin.

[Viminacium]

Ok,but imitation of which coin?

[Posa]

I think it´s neither a imitation nor a coin. It´s stamped only on one side, decentered, non-circular in flan and stamp, might be a private, maybe religious token. What about a Annunciation scene?

Best regards Posa

[Viminacium]

By encrustrations and patina before cleaning and style i would say it is late roman(3-5th century). I tried to read letters and looks like ..OV.....

[vercingetorix]

I think it´s neither a imitation nor a coin. It´s stamped only on one side, decentered, non-circular in flan and stamp, might be a private, maybe religious token. What about a Annunciation scene?

Best regards Posa

Imitation doesn't necessarily mean it has to be accurate, certainly not meant to deceive (it's not a forgery) and not necessarily used as a coin (monetary function) by those who made it. It may have been used as obolus in graves, for instance. A similar case that comes to mind are imitations of seventh-century Byzantine solidi, stamped on one side by tribes from the Caucasus. With no archaeological context for the coin in question, we can only speculate.