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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7752703, member: 44316"]This thread started with Sear 1853 of Constantine X and some people noted examples of Sear 1854, also Constantine X, overstruck on 1853. It is hard to find an example of Sear 1854 which is not a garbled overstrike. I have looked for one. This coin came today and is as close to not garbled as I have found so far:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327793[/ATTACH] I got it for the legible reverse legend. </p><p>KωΝ RΑCΙ-ΛЄVC O ΔVK (We expect a "B" in "Basileus" but it is formed as an "R". "C" is a lunate sigma = S)</p><p>CONstantine BASILEVS (the) DUKAS. "O", a definite article, precedes proper names in Greek in a way that is not used in English.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7752703, member: 44316"]This thread started with Sear 1853 of Constantine X and some people noted examples of Sear 1854, also Constantine X, overstruck on 1853. It is hard to find an example of Sear 1854 which is not a garbled overstrike. I have looked for one. This coin came today and is as close to not garbled as I have found so far: [ATTACH=full]1327793[/ATTACH] I got it for the legible reverse legend. KωΝ RΑCΙ-ΛЄVC O ΔVK (We expect a "B" in "Basileus" but it is formed as an "R". "C" is a lunate sigma = S) CONstantine BASILEVS (the) DUKAS. "O", a definite article, precedes proper names in Greek in a way that is not used in English.[/QUOTE]
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