In my last thread of the same title, the coin turned to be a medieval one from Venice. That wasn't bad, but still I've always needed a silver Byzantine coin in my collection. Apparently, it has Jesus on obverse and possibly a Byzantine Emperor on reverse. The coin weighs 4.76 g. Hope I'm right this time.
Sorry- I wasn't trying to be rude. Charles you need to stick with reputable dealers if something like this would fool you.
@7Calbrey Good luck with a silver Byz coin. I think they are less common than Byz bronze and offered for sale less than gold or billon. You might look for something like the one below that hammered in an auction for $100 in 2011. I like to look at coins like this in acsearch.info or cngcoins.com BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine (613-641). Silver half-siliqua (0.69). Carthage. D N ERAC—ΛIO P P AV, draped and cuirassed bust facing in crown with pendilia / Crowned, draped facing busts of Heraclius Constantine and Martina, cross above. DO 233. BCV 871. Some areas of deposits and a few light scratches. Very fine Estimated Value: $ 150 / Hammer $100 (Note the final cost would have been about $150 including sales fee, shipping, etc.)
Before you decide to buy some of these coins, it is a good idea to research it a bit. There are a lot of good, free resources out there on the net to help you. The OP coin is clearly a fake and a good resource could easily of prevented a mishap. Glad you can return it. Start here first: http://labarum.info/lbr/index.php?s..._state=Byzantine&sf_ruler=&sf_mint=&sf_denom=
What a great page!! (Pictures of Byzantine coins by Sear number, in order) I hadn't seen it before. Bookmarked and moved to the top of my Byzantine resources folder!
BTW, if you are having issues loading all of those images, use the search criteria to find the coin you are looking for. Very handy and you can limit the search by AE, AV, and AR coins.
