Hi all, Im not 100% sure of this coins origin, but I believe it may be ottoman or even hungarian (as strange as that may sound) not sure if the cuts were done at the time or later on but appear to be modern. It could be a roman coin, but I'm no expert on ancient coins. If you need better photos just let me know. It is thin. any useful help is much appreciated. Thanks!
Hmm. Stumped. Likely central Asian, maybe from some Indian state, I'd imagine. 'S'all I've got. Wild guess.
It´s a byzantine "cup coin". You can see Christ on first photo, and part of his "IC XS" (just the IC part).
Another vote for Byzantine. Rotate the first picture left 90 degrees and you can see the (crude) portrait of Jesus. The scyphate (cup-like) shape is another indication. These are from the later Byzantine era, but narrowing it down may be difficult on such a worn coin.
Wow! I didn't even notice this until u pointed it out! Any ideas about why it's been cut in a pentagon shape?
Maybe similar to this one? Latin Rulers of Constantinople, 1204-1261 AD BL Trachy (Photo shows reverse first) Obverse: Large module. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator. Reverse: Archangel Michael standing facing, holding lis-tipped scepter and globus cruciger. References: DOC 16 (type P), SB 2036
Flan production changed from time to time and place to place. At this point, it appears the (thin) flans were created by hammering out the billon/bronze into thinnish sheets and snipping approximate size flan blanks out of the sheets with shears. Other issues may show more traditional flan-production. The earliest of the scyphate trachea, in addition to containing more silver in the billon alloy (some are even silvery-looking) are struck on flans which are thicker, more regular and far more substantial. Those tend to look as though their blank flans were cast, probably in 'trees", as coin blanks had more traditionally been created. The blanks seem likely to have been cast "pre-cupped" to some extent and the (convex) obverses are more likely to be clearly legible than on later issues. A common issue often seen on more regular and substantial flans is SBCV 1917-19 and similar issues of Alexius I. Later, they go through a period where it appears that either a round punch may have been used on hammered sheets, or the shearing work was a more skilled procedure resulting in round(er) flans. By the 13th century and the Latin rulers of Constantinople, the trachea become "ultra-crude" and the randomly polygonal, usually very small trachea become the norm.
