Constantine coin modified for use as a widget

I have a small collection of odd Roman coins and here's my latest-- a Constantine I with Sol reverse that has been modified for use as a...?

2.8g

 

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Kinda reminds me of an arrowhead.

Definitely looks like it was modified to be tied to something, but not something in favor of Constantine I.

Cool coin, Victor

 

@doucet beat me to it. The notches would be perfect for tying onto a handle. A knapped stone tool of similar size and shape is called a "hafted end scraper" by archaeologists, typically a recycled projectile point.

 

here's one that I guess was modified for use as a sieve.



Magnentius
A.D. 350-3
25x27mm 8.7g
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG; bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right
SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES; large Chi-Rho flanked by A-W
In ex. SAR
RIC VIII Arles 194

 

that's definitely a Roman bottle opener prototype, They gave those out with every six-pack of Luna-lager

 

Now thats cutted up...! Does it have to do something with gaming?
And the cuts on the inverse, are those because of a damnatio memoriae?

 

I’d use it as a fishing weight in a lake or slow current stream!