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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4968096, member: 57495"]Very cool! I haven't seen an Alexandrian drachm modified in this fashion before. I don't have any theories, but have two similar-ish items from very different periods, one a 4th century Aelia Flaccilla AE2 and another a Byzantine anonymous class F follis from the 11th century. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194102[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>BYZANTINE EMPIRE</b></p><p>AE 'Thing' (Anonymous Class F Follis cut into a 12-pointed star for use as a gaming token?). 4.35g, 22.8mm. Constantinople mint, AD 1059-1067. Sear Byzantine 1856. O: Christ seated on throne without back, raising right hand in benediction. R: IS XS / bASILE / bASIL, cross below.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194103[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>AELIA FLACCILLA</b></p><p>AE2 (modified for use in ancient times, possibly as a gaming token?). 4.1g, 21.6mm. Antioch mint, circa AD 383-386. RIC IX Antioch 62. O: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right. R: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Empress standing left, holding scroll; ANTЄ in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4968096, member: 57495"]Very cool! I haven't seen an Alexandrian drachm modified in this fashion before. I don't have any theories, but have two similar-ish items from very different periods, one a 4th century Aelia Flaccilla AE2 and another a Byzantine anonymous class F follis from the 11th century. [ATTACH=full]1194102[/ATTACH] [B]BYZANTINE EMPIRE[/B] AE 'Thing' (Anonymous Class F Follis cut into a 12-pointed star for use as a gaming token?). 4.35g, 22.8mm. Constantinople mint, AD 1059-1067. Sear Byzantine 1856. O: Christ seated on throne without back, raising right hand in benediction. R: IS XS / bASILE / bASIL, cross below. [ATTACH=full]1194103[/ATTACH] [B]AELIA FLACCILLA[/B] AE2 (modified for use in ancient times, possibly as a gaming token?). 4.1g, 21.6mm. Antioch mint, circa AD 383-386. RIC IX Antioch 62. O: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right. R: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Empress standing left, holding scroll; ANTЄ in exergue.[/QUOTE]
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