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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;swhuck, post: 1255343, member: 21044&quot;]The design is certainly Byzantine. CONST AVG is short for Constantine Augustus, or Emperor Constantine. The Byzantine empire had probably six or seven Emperor Constantines, so that by itself won&#039;t help you date the piece. My best guess is that it&#039;s 6th or 7th century AD if authentic, more likely the former. Anything earlier would be considered Roman, but the reverse design is wrong for a Roman coin. (The obverse design strongly resembles 5th century Roman coinage, which is why I believe this piece appears as early Byzantine.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know Byzantine coinage well at all and don&#039;t have any references on Byzantine coinage handy. I also don&#039;t have any clue whether this piece is authentic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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