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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3032092, member: 84744&quot;]I also love coins like this.&nbsp; I think I&#039;ve figured out the undertype, though there may in fact be two.&nbsp; The one I&#039;m pretty sure is there is Sear 1108, an earlier Syracuse issue of Constans II.&nbsp; Here is an extremely pretty one that I&#039;m sure either of us would be willing to own, even though it lacks any fun puzzles:</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]755671[/ATTACH]The key detail is the date on the right side of the obverse, IA = 11.&nbsp; (INΔ on the left for Indiction, so 11th indiction or 652/3.)&nbsp; The bottom of the &quot;A&quot; is easily seen on the top of the reverse of your coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Which would mean the drapery along the right hand side of your coin&#039;s reverse may be the bottom of the emperor&#039;s cloak on the undertype.&nbsp; It&#039;s pretty wide on your coin, but occasionally the bottom of the cloak is pretty wide on 1108, e.g. on this one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]755672[/ATTACH] </p><p>(On the other hand, maybe you have two undertypes, both 1108 and something in the range of 1103-1107, with a bust of the emperor, and the drapery is on a bust, not a standing figure.&nbsp; I incline against this view though.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither of the coins above is mine.&nbsp; I do have the next one in the Sear catalogue after yours, though, 1110, with young Heraclius and Tiberius added to the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]755675[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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