Any byzantine coin experts?

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Hello guys!

Any help regarding the coin in the following photos would be deeply appreciated!
I can tell that it is Byzantine. As you see in the following photos, it is approximately 22mm (=0.22cm -or- 0.087in) in diameter.



What is troubling me is that the coin seems to be almost prefectly round in comparison to photos of similar Byzantine coins that I find.

Thank you!
Best regards from Athens,
Chris
perhaps you can find it here:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sb/i.html
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
It is an anonymous follis, similar to the ones below:

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class A1 Follis, Attributed to John I Tzimisces (969-976), Constantinople Mint (Sear-1793)

Obv: + EMMA NOVHΛ IC - XC; Bust of Christ facing, holding book of gospels, with nimbus. Cross on book of gospels; cross in each arm of gospel.
Rev: + IhSYS/ XRISTYS/ bASILEY/ bASILE; Legend in four lines.




Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class A2-40b Follis, Attributed to Basil II & Constantine VII (976-1025), Constantinople Mint (Sear-1813)

Obv: + EMMA NOVHΛ IC - XC; Bust of Christ facing, holding book of gospels, with nimbus. Cross on book of gospels; cross in each arm of gospel.
Rev: + IhSYS/ XRISTYS/ bASILEY/ bASILE; Legend in four lines.

Great!

It looks more like the first of the two (Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class A1 Follis, Attributed to John I Tzimisces (969-976), Constantinople Mint (Sear-1793))

Someone in the past must have tried to make it more round and coinish.

Anyway, thanks again for the help!!

Chris

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