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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7254405, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t know enough to help but I would start looking under Constans II and Constantine IV who used the names interchangeably and are confusing to my level amateur.&nbsp; That does not rule out the coin being unofficial or even modern.&nbsp; I would not comment in that direction even if I had the coin in hand.&nbsp; I would say, however, that buying a coin of this type from any source other than a dealer knowledgeable in Byzantines and honest beyond reproach is a mistake.&nbsp; If you did that, an ID would have come with the coin.&nbsp; I might even suggest looking for similar items previously sold by Harlan Berk (good with Byzantines when he was younger - I do not know what he does now in this area).&nbsp; Who is currently the go-to specialist in Byzantines these days?&nbsp; I&#039;m not talking about dealers that sell anything and everything but a real specialist.&nbsp; Does someone here own the Dumbarton Oaks books on this period?&nbsp; I don&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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