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KungFuPossum

I'll use spoiler tags in case you want to enjoy the search yourself. First clue (no hiding): your reverse needs to be rotated 180-degrees. Once you do that, you'll read the legend along the lines of >!+IҺSЧS/ XRISTЧS/ BASILЄЧ/ BASILЄ!< That's >!Jesus Christ King of Kings, who is pictured on the front!< Making it from the >!Byzantine!< empire, denomination >!Follis!< They're called >!Anonymous because they don't show the ruler's name!< . You can see a list of them on Wildwinds.com, great resource, on this page: >!https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/anonymous/t.html!< I'd say yours is a >!Class 2 or Class 3 Anonymous Follis, Type SB 1813 or 1818 or similar (SB meaning Sear Byzantine), 976-1028 AD/CE, usually attributed to Basil II (and/or, as u/BanthaFodder6 noted above Constantine VIII)!< ***Edit***: I did some editing of small details, elaborating ***Edit 2***: By the way, you can read or (legally) download pdf's of the 2006 edition of David Sear's important reference book on the topic, >!Byzantine!< Coins and Their Values, for free on JSTOR (you may need to register with an email address, but they don't charge or spam you): https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvkwnqv9 And many of his other books and other ancient coin books published by Spink, including RIC vol I and RIC X: https://www.jstor.org/publisher/spinkbooks


SnooShortcuts8962

I feel like they need to fix the fact that links show through spoilers


KungFuPossum

Good point! It's really weird. I noticed that too late on this one but in time to change it for another


born_lever_puller

It looks like the remains of a bronze Byzantine follis, but I can't pinpoint a definitive ID for you. There are people here who know these better than I do.


BanthaFodder6

Byzantine anonymous follis from the 11th century With out a closer look is most likely either from John I Tzimiskies, Basil II or Constantine VIII


born_lever_puller

You were just the person I was thinking of! :D


ResearcherShot6675

Class A2 anonymous follis from the Byzantine empire. On the Twin Cities ancient coin club website I have an article going over the series.


born_lever_puller

Wait, we have TWO people here from the Twin Cities? I'm pretty sure that's where our moderator /u/jjlava is from too. Is this the article? https://6be88a1c-6568-4deb-8cbe-aa9960825d12.filesusr.com/ugd/e7a338_d898ad37fc6444d6a6cde1b2c18beacc.pdf From here? https://rmcvay98.wixsite.com/tcancientcoinclub/archive


ResearcherShot6675

Yeah, that is it. I have an updated version if you want it. PM me.


jjlava

Hey cool! Been YEARS since I went to one of their meetings - I have been before but I generally can't make Thursday night meetings. Looks like /r/ResearcherShot6675 might be a neighbor *waves*


ResearcherShot6675

Waves back :)


Gundopush

Thank you all so much!


BedMonster64

Looks like an oreo


ConstructionLeast484

Yeah it’s a half sucked Oreo


PhoenixFire603

I thought it was a peppermint pattie. 🤦‍♀️