Help with an Ancient ?

I was hoping to get some opinion to what this coin may be . It is way out of my realm of expertise & I have a customer who is interested in purchasing it. Any info would be appreciated.

It is bronze ,weighs 3.8 grams, 18.25 x 21.5 mm .

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At first blush I would suspect Arab-Byzantine and the reverse is upside down.

 

More likely a very crude example of a follis of Constans II.

 

Yes, very well could be. It was so crude that is why I was thinking it was a Arab copy. Really hard to tell if its a very crude official issue, contemporary imitation, or arab imitation, (at least for me its difficult to differentiate them). At any rate, in that timeframe of the mid 7th century.

 

Thanks a lot guys !

 

Most of the Arab copies are actually quite well done. The really crude ones are mostly from a "Pseudo-Damascus" mint, operating in Syria in the 650s-660s. I don't think the style on this is quite consistent with those examples.