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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 348282, member: 9204&quot;]It is similar to this Byzantine gold histamenon of Romanus III. <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sb/sb1819.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sb/sb1819.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sb/sb1819.html</a></p><p>However, these coins are commonly faked and can be difficult to authenticate. (ESPECIALLY from pictures like yours.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Buying this coin in the middle east is like buying a trade dollar in China - sure, it circulated there and could be real, but the odds are its faked. Try to get better pictures or scans if you can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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