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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 5618634, member: 44316"]That is always a question with these. I think mine, the OP coin, is official. The lettering is too good for an Arabic imitation. I think your first coin is likely Byzantine. The faces are good and the flan fabric is like the official pieces. The second coin is completely different. It is much more like a Constans II, many of which are rounder but with terrible strikes and in terrible condition. It is difficult to draw the line between official and unofficial Constans II types. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242174[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of Sear 1001 for Constans II. Note the nearly round flan, the uncial <font size="6">m</font> and the single figure with two crosses, one long and the other a globus cruciger held in the hand. The are very many unofficial coins that look like types of Constans II. They are not easy to distinguish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 5618634, member: 44316"]That is always a question with these. I think mine, the OP coin, is official. The lettering is too good for an Arabic imitation. I think your first coin is likely Byzantine. The faces are good and the flan fabric is like the official pieces. The second coin is completely different. It is much more like a Constans II, many of which are rounder but with terrible strikes and in terrible condition. It is difficult to draw the line between official and unofficial Constans II types. [ATTACH=full]1242174[/ATTACH] Here is an example of Sear 1001 for Constans II. Note the nearly round flan, the uncial [SIZE=6]m[/SIZE] and the single figure with two crosses, one long and the other a globus cruciger held in the hand. The are very many unofficial coins that look like types of Constans II. They are not easy to distinguish.[/QUOTE]
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