I have two examples of this issue in my collection. I just picked up an "upgrade" from the latest Frank Robinson auction and it's the normal example of this one: Although the coin is worn, all of the devices are clear, and it doesn't appear to be a reworking of an earlier issue. I bought it because I was never quite satisfied with this one, which was struck on an irregular flan with some of the legends off the flan. Moreover, there was something off about the reverse, which I had taken as post-mint damage (gouges of some sort). However, now that I have examined it closely, I see that the coin is a restrike and some of the undertype is still visible, especially on the reverse: Does anybody recognize what undertype it might have been? Top coin: 2.37 g, 17.5 mm, 11 h. Bottom coin: 3.37 g, 17.6 mm, 1 h. Refs: RIC 580; BMCRE 85-89; Cohen/RSC 198; RCV --; Hill 379, 394; CRE 397; Sulzer 1866-67. Your thoughts and comments are welcome! Post your overstrikes, Venus Felix coins or anything you feel is relevant! And for fun, here's the listing from the catalog of the Sulzer collection from 1777!
I'd don't really have anything in the Roman overstruck category. Have several counter stamped. Here is a Byzantine coin of Heraclius (it's probably almost weirder of Byzantine coins to not be overstuck), I'm not sure if this is a counterstamped or overstrike officially.
I can not make out enough to be sure it is an overstrike rather than clashed dies. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html I can not pass on the opportunity to show my Domna which I retained when I sold my collection in 1974. It appeared in a group photo taken in 1964 but I do not know when I got it before that. I believe I see a face (Commodus?) in her hair. I suspect I have shown all my overstrikes here before but this Gallus falling horseman is over a Constantius II two captives and doesn't get out too often. It is easier to see if the coin is rotated the right way. The top pair shows the undertype with left facing bust and AQP mintmark by the feet of the captives. The longer you look at such a coin, the more ID points jump out at you.
