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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7289195, member: 110226&quot;]I&#039;m inclined to think your coin is Byzantine, a follis struck over an earlier follis.&nbsp; I would go even further out on the limb and say it is probably a follis of Heraclius, based on the two standing figures.&nbsp; His bronze coinage is extremely crude, generally speaking.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are Arab imitations of Byzantine folles among other imitations, such as the one below, imitating the follis of Justin II and Sophia, from Gerasa.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the legend is blundered on the obverse, with tayyib (Arabic for good) stamped at the bottom.&nbsp; On the reverse, the symbol Γ, within the M is reversed, and ANNO, to the left has a star in the place of the O.&nbsp; Perhaps an O punch was not available, or the O was substituted by a star for astronomical reasons.&nbsp; There&#039;s another star above the XII.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276133[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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