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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2252111, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m not very good with Byzantines, but the lack of exergual line/mint on the reverse makes me think it is from a later Byzantine emperor.&nbsp; Plus, although you didn&#039;t state the size, it looks like a rather small and light coin yet it is marked M (follis)... so that also makes me think it is not an earlier Byzantine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some possibilities:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/big/3340418.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=267567" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=267567" rel="nofollow">Nicephorus I, with Stauracius</a>. 802-811. Æ Follis (21.5mm, 4.56 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Crowned facing busts of Nicephorus and Stauracius, each wearing chlamys; cross above / Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, A below. DOC 5; SB 1607. VF, dark green-brown patina.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/big/2800343.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=212352" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=212352" rel="nofollow">Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus</a>. 820-829. Æ Follis (21mm, 7.64 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 821-829. Crowned facing busts of Michael, wearing chlamys, and Theophilus, wearing loros / Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right; A below. DOC 8; SB 1618 (Michael I and Theophylactus). VF, dark green patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found these by first quickly scanning Wildwinds, Byzantine by ruler, looking for similar obverses, M reverse, with the A monogram, and then searching for better examples in CNG (not &quot;better&quot;, necessarily, but much easier to link in this post).</p><p><br /></p><p>I stopped looking after the second example so you might want to take up the Wildwinds search at that point.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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