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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3032163, member: 56859&quot;]That&#039;s an interesting puzzle, Doug.&nbsp; I thought using the excellent <a href="http://labarum.info/lbr/index.php?sf_refsear=&amp;sf_main_search=&amp;sf_submit=Search&amp;sf_state=Byzantine&amp;sf_ruler=&amp;sf_mint=&amp;sf_denom=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://labarum.info/lbr/index.php?sf_refsear=&amp;sf_main_search=&amp;sf_submit=Search&amp;sf_state=Byzantine&amp;sf_ruler=&amp;sf_mint=&amp;sf_denom=" rel="nofollow">labarum.info</a> site (an easily scrollable list of Byzantine coins by Sear number) might make it easier to scan for an undertype match but nothing jumped out. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me it looks like the undertype is oriented by turning the obverse 90 degrees.&nbsp; My first thought was that it looked like a Leo the Wise, but that can&#039;t be <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the crispness of the undertype, it seems likely that the undertype is also a Constans II, right?&nbsp; Otherwise, wouldn&#039;t the undertype device probably have more wear, assuming the undertype is a Byzantine coin?&nbsp; I was momentarily excited when it looked like a solidus or hexagram might match-- maybe the bronze flan was accidentally struck with a solidus or hexagram die, then corrected-- but a second look showed that probably isn&#039;t the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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