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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8209903, member: 19463&quot;]Quite a few of my coins have been purchased not entirely on their own merits but because they seemed to add interest or clarity to another coin I already had.&nbsp; Recently, Valentinian posted a thread on a follis of Constantine VII.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-emperor-constantine-vii-913-959.392854/#post-8206373" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-emperor-constantine-vii-913-959.392854/#post-8206373">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-emperor-constantine-vii-913-959.392854/#post-8206373</a></p><p>To this thread I posted my similar coin that was overstruck on a coin of Romanus I.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rz0460bb0704-jpg.1437918/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That pointed out to me that I did not have a coin of Romanus I that was not &#039;erased&#039; by overstriking so I went looking not expecting to find anything even remotely in my price bracket.&nbsp; A VCoins dealer (David Connors) had several of these very common coins including one that I considered appropriately priced that showed two features I required for this &#039;chain&#039;.&nbsp; My coin above shows the large globus crucifer of the undertype which is larger on this type than on most coins with this device so I wanted one with a very clear globe.&nbsp; Oddly, but especially appealing for some reason, this new coin was poorly struck missing the part of the Romanus legend (+RW) that was clear on my overstruck example on both sides. I can only assume that this uneven strike was the reason that my new coin was priced lower than all but one of the other Romanus folles he had.&nbsp; Most of the others were weaker on the globus crucifer but had other strengths that meant nothing to me.&nbsp; I ordered the coin and the combination of great service from Mr. Connors,&nbsp; great service from the post office and dumb luck placed the coin below in my mailbox today.&nbsp; I was not really planning to buy any coins but this one asked politely and was adopted. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440112[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you did not post yours in the earlier thread, feel free to show yours here.&nbsp; I really like having overstruck coins and coins that are &#039;linked&#039; to them that show clearly what the overstrike made less clear.&nbsp; Does anyone else seek out such pairs?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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