Authentic?

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Hello, I would love to know what coin it is and if it looks authentic
Don't know about authenticity but your coin is very similar to this https://en.numista.com/forum/topic41587.html ... scroll down
can you make a picture of the edge?
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Hmm, your coin should be this one: ½ Follis - Mauricius Tiberius Constantinopolis mint 1-16 582-602

link in numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces74721.html

But yet again, there is a possibility that it's not entirely similar to yours. your might not be in numista at all. The reason for my doubt is that in the one I just gave you, the number in the middle right of the coin is XII, yours is XIII, so they should be at least "cousins" :)) I hope this narrows it down significantly.
P.S. it should be authentic, very preserved... this is rare.

Kind regards,

Stefan
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9:25 STEFANUS
Quote: "SStefanov"​Hmm, your coin should be this one: ½ Follis - Mauricius Tiberius Constantinopolis mint 1-16 582-602

​link in numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces74721.html




I agree for the half follis but not for the Emperor.

The legend seems to be "DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG", so I guess it's from Justinian I, regnal year XIII (AD 540-541).
Not sure about the mint, third officina (Γ) of.... Constantinopolis ?

It looks very suspicious. The letters of the legend (especialy the "S" and few others) seem to be written by someone who doesn't know what he was writting : I could be wrong but, it looks like someone tried to copy the legend of an original one without understanding it.
Crudely cast "tourist fake" copying a year XIII half-follis of Justinian I. Compare to this genuine example (image courtesy CNG):

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