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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3902197, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you so much, QG!&nbsp; I really appreciate it - and was pleased to see my &quot;guesstimates&quot; were lining up with your expertise.&nbsp; Here are the attributions I came up with last month when I was sweating over these.&nbsp; The bottom Arab-Byz imitation is rather heavy (5+ grams), I thought:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028477[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constans II&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>(c. 662 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Constantinople Mint</b></p><p>EN [TVTO NIKA], Constans, with long beard, standing facing holding cross &amp; cross on globe /Large M, Officina B, [ANA] left, star above,&nbsp; NEO right, [date XXII-XXU] below.</p><p>SB 1007, DOC 70-73.</p><p>(2.43 grams / 20 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028476[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Pseudo-Byzantine&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>&quot;Close Imitation&quot; from Early Caliphate after Constans II, </b></p><p><b>(c. 647-670 A.D.)</b></p><p>[EN TɣTO NIKA] Standing imperial figure, with long cross &amp; globus cruciger / m, star above, AɸA left, ONΔ right; Є retrograde below; illegible inscription in ex.</p><p>C.Foss #8 p.124</p><p>(2.58 grams / 21 x 18 mm)</p><p>(Desert patina)</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1028475[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pseudo-Byzantine&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>after Constans II, 641-668 A.D. </b></p><p><b>(c. 670s-690s A.D.)&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Uncertain Syria/Palestine Mint before &#039;Abdalmalik&#039;s reforms</b></p><p>Standing imperial figure holding long cross in right hand and globus cruciger in left / Cursive M, A/ Є left, [A/N/N/]O right, [star above, blundered legend in ex.?]</p><p>(5.03 grams / 22 mm)</p><p>(Glossy black patina)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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