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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 8300534, member: 44316"]Here is a Sear 805, Heraclius, clearly overstruck on a coin of Phocas (Focas):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468370[/ATTACH] </p><p>30 mm. 10.93 grams.</p><p>With this orientation the year 6 (615/6) can be seen to the right of the weak M with officina Є and mintmark CON.</p><p>To the left of the two standing figures dNhЄP beginning Heraclius's name can barely be made out. </p><p><br /></p><p>The undertype is Sear 640 of Phocas. The + at 9:30 in the photo is the top of the Phocas coin and just before it the "AS" of "FOCAS" is clear. The undertype is almost a clear as the overtype on the reverse--it is the common XXXX of Phocas, with ANNO above and the year (II/II) to the right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine overstrikes are lots of fun to decipher![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 8300534, member: 44316"]Here is a Sear 805, Heraclius, clearly overstruck on a coin of Phocas (Focas): [ATTACH=full]1468370[/ATTACH] 30 mm. 10.93 grams. With this orientation the year 6 (615/6) can be seen to the right of the weak M with officina Є and mintmark CON. To the left of the two standing figures dNhЄP beginning Heraclius's name can barely be made out. The undertype is Sear 640 of Phocas. The + at 9:30 in the photo is the top of the Phocas coin and just before it the "AS" of "FOCAS" is clear. The undertype is almost a clear as the overtype on the reverse--it is the common XXXX of Phocas, with ANNO above and the year (II/II) to the right. Byzantine overstrikes are lots of fun to decipher![/QUOTE]
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