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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1659872, member: 44183&quot;]<font size="4">I thought that this was a very cool/interesting coin from Syracuse ... </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">NOTE =&gt; this coin is more than 1,000 years younger than the first coin in this thread!!</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><b><span style="color: blue">HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis. Struck at </span><span style="color: blue">Syracuse</span><span style="color: blue">, </span><span style="color: blue">Sicily</span><span style="color: blue">. Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from </span><span style="color: blue">Constantinople</span></b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font size="3">circa 622 AD or earlier</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font size="3">Diameter: 33.5mm</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font size="3">Weight: 13.6g</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font size="3">Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font size="3">Reverse: Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark. </font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">[ATTACH]244270.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]244271.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">NOTE =&gt; I asked dougsmit what he thought of the coin and he stated:</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">=&gt; and so I felt that was enough of an endorsement from our favourite coin-guru, right?! (thanks Doug)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">Note: I&#039;m fairly sure that the &quot;host coin&quot; was similar to the following:</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">HOST COIN - ANASTASIUS I AE 40 nummi follis. </font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">Constantinople</font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"> mint, circa 512-517 AD. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Reverse - Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, A below. Mintmark CON</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">[ATTACH]244274.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><br /></font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma"><i>H</i><i>eraclius overstruck 40 nummi folles on earlier coinage, dating from the time of Anastasius to Justin II, at Syracusae, Sicilia, as part of a renewed focus on the island&#039;s importance as a strategic base.</i> </font></span></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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