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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4008635, member: 56859"][USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] and [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]... thank you very much for the compliments <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. It made me feel so good <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recycled Byzantines are common:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hjb-christfollis-sb1866or1865-tif-jpg.445171/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b></b></p><p><b>Romanus IV Diogenes, 1068-1071</b></p><p>AE Follis</p><p>10.57 g</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obv: IC-XC over NI-KA to left and right of bust of Christ facing, dotted cross behind head, wearing pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels with both hands</p><p>Rev: C-R P-Δ in the four angles of a cross with globe and two dots at each extremity, X in the centre.</p><p>Ref: Sear 1866, DO-8</p><p><br /></p><p>A recent purchase I haven't yet photographed (Sev's images are good enough to make me lazy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). An ex-Doug coin; attribution and writeup per AMCC/[USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]:</p><p><img src="https://media.biddr.ch/media/img/auction_lots/808/846685.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Heraclius (610-641) overstruck on Maurice Tiberius.</b> </p><p>AE Follis, Constantinople. 10.58g, 30mm.</p><p>Overtype: Year 5=614-615, officina B.</p><p>Obv: dd NN hERACLIUS ET hERA CONST PP A, Heraclius, bearded on left, and Heraclius Constantine on right, stand facing, each wears a crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger, cross between their heads</p><p>Rev: Large M, ANNO to left, Ч to right, B below, CON in ex.</p><p>SB 805</p><p>Undertype: Maurice Tiberius (582-602), Year 15=596/7.</p><p>Obv: D N mAVRIC TIb PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Maurice Tiberius facing holding globus cruciger and shield</p><p>Rev: Large M between A/N/N/O on left and X/Ч on right; above, cross; beneath, Δ(?); CON in exergue.</p><p>SB 494.</p><p>From the Doug Smith collection, acquired in 2015 from Belmont.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was produced near the lowest point in the wars besetting the Byzantine empire under Heraclius. The Persians captured Jerusalem in 614 (taking the alleged True Cross) and the Slavs and Avars overran the Balkans in 615. We are told that Heraclius was a hair’s breadth away from conceding sovereignty to Khusru II. The mayhem is evident from the poor production quality of the coinage, as in this example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another new acquisition hot mess, also borrowing AMCC/Sev's images and attribution:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.biddr.ch/media/img/auction_lots/808/846416.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>BOEOTIA, Federal coinage, c. 220s BCE under Antigonos III Doson</b></p><p>AE18. Overstruck on Antigonos Gonatas, 277-239 BCE. 2.74g, 17mm.</p><p>Obv: Head of Demeter or Kore facing slightly right. Undertype: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.</p><p>Rev: ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ, Poseidon standing left, foot set on rock, holding trident. Undertype: B - A, Horseman right, ANTI monogram below.</p><p>BCD Boiotia 100-109; Undertype: SNG Cop 1214-21.</p><p>Very clear undertype, including the Antiogonos monogram. The dating of these coins, which are normally found overstruck, follows E. Vlachogianni, "A hoard of coins from Thebes," NomKhron 19 (2000), pp. 55-113. This places it squarely within the reign of Antigonos III Doson, who is otherwise difficult to represent numismatically in bronze. Antigonos III led Macedon’s last resurgence before its final defeat (to the Romans) under Philip V and Perseus[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4008635, member: 56859"][USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] and [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]... thank you very much for the compliments :shy:. It made me feel so good :). Recycled Byzantines are common: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hjb-christfollis-sb1866or1865-tif-jpg.445171/[/IMG][B] Romanus IV Diogenes, 1068-1071[/B] AE Follis 10.57 g Constantinople Obv: IC-XC over NI-KA to left and right of bust of Christ facing, dotted cross behind head, wearing pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels with both hands Rev: C-R P-Δ in the four angles of a cross with globe and two dots at each extremity, X in the centre. Ref: Sear 1866, DO-8 A recent purchase I haven't yet photographed (Sev's images are good enough to make me lazy :D). An ex-Doug coin; attribution and writeup per AMCC/[USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]: [IMG]https://media.biddr.ch/media/img/auction_lots/808/846685.l.jpg[/IMG] [B]Heraclius (610-641) overstruck on Maurice Tiberius.[/B] AE Follis, Constantinople. 10.58g, 30mm. Overtype: Year 5=614-615, officina B. Obv: dd NN hERACLIUS ET hERA CONST PP A, Heraclius, bearded on left, and Heraclius Constantine on right, stand facing, each wears a crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger, cross between their heads Rev: Large M, ANNO to left, Ч to right, B below, CON in ex. SB 805 Undertype: Maurice Tiberius (582-602), Year 15=596/7. Obv: D N mAVRIC TIb PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Maurice Tiberius facing holding globus cruciger and shield Rev: Large M between A/N/N/O on left and X/Ч on right; above, cross; beneath, Δ(?); CON in exergue. SB 494. From the Doug Smith collection, acquired in 2015 from Belmont. This coin was produced near the lowest point in the wars besetting the Byzantine empire under Heraclius. The Persians captured Jerusalem in 614 (taking the alleged True Cross) and the Slavs and Avars overran the Balkans in 615. We are told that Heraclius was a hair’s breadth away from conceding sovereignty to Khusru II. The mayhem is evident from the poor production quality of the coinage, as in this example. Another new acquisition hot mess, also borrowing AMCC/Sev's images and attribution: [IMG]https://media.biddr.ch/media/img/auction_lots/808/846416.l.jpg[/IMG] [B]BOEOTIA, Federal coinage, c. 220s BCE under Antigonos III Doson[/B] AE18. Overstruck on Antigonos Gonatas, 277-239 BCE. 2.74g, 17mm. Obv: Head of Demeter or Kore facing slightly right. Undertype: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ, Poseidon standing left, foot set on rock, holding trident. Undertype: B - A, Horseman right, ANTI monogram below. BCD Boiotia 100-109; Undertype: SNG Cop 1214-21. Very clear undertype, including the Antiogonos monogram. The dating of these coins, which are normally found overstruck, follows E. Vlachogianni, "A hoard of coins from Thebes," NomKhron 19 (2000), pp. 55-113. This places it squarely within the reign of Antigonos III Doson, who is otherwise difficult to represent numismatically in bronze. Antigonos III led Macedon’s last resurgence before its final defeat (to the Romans) under Philip V and Perseus[/QUOTE]
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