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<p>[QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 91645, member: 3565"]Kraco,Your coin will be difficult to identify since most of the inscription is unreadable.I can see IVS PP AVG which is the remnant of the issuing Emperor's name,Pater Populi (father of his people) and Augustus.An example would be Justinius (Justin I).The two crosses and star design was used on a lot of Follis and doesn't help a whole lot with identification.Suffice it to say,you have a 3rd or 4th century 40 Nummi (M) Follis of the Byzantine Empire based in Constantinople.The mintmark is gone but I suspect it's CON.</p><p>Unfortunately,the value is minimal especially in this condition,probably $10-20 based on my experience.Hope this helps.</p><p>If you'd like to see a bunch of similar coins,look here:</p><p><a href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca/byzf.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca/byzf.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancientcoins.ca/byzf.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 91645, member: 3565"]Kraco,Your coin will be difficult to identify since most of the inscription is unreadable.I can see IVS PP AVG which is the remnant of the issuing Emperor's name,Pater Populi (father of his people) and Augustus.An example would be Justinius (Justin I).The two crosses and star design was used on a lot of Follis and doesn't help a whole lot with identification.Suffice it to say,you have a 3rd or 4th century 40 Nummi (M) Follis of the Byzantine Empire based in Constantinople.The mintmark is gone but I suspect it's CON. Unfortunately,the value is minimal especially in this condition,probably $10-20 based on my experience.Hope this helps. If you'd like to see a bunch of similar coins,look here: [url]http://www.ancientcoins.ca/byzf.html[/url][/QUOTE]
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