Is this old oval copper coin Chinese?

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Running a reverse image search would indicate this coin is Byzantine,not Chinese.

A similar coin can be found on ebay, listed as Coin of Byzantium Mauritius Tiberius

Others with similar markings were sold by a dealer here where they are listed as Four Byzantine Bronze Coins. This one is quite similar again:

That site also classifies the coins as Follis

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