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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4016053, member: 84744&quot;]What a wonderful thread!&nbsp; Here are some that really &quot;struck&quot; me: the OP and Doug&#039;s similar Carausius-over-Victorinus, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]&#039;s famous Libyan one, Doug&#039;s famous Byzantine-over-Gordian, [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]&#039;s re-used A Pi, and [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER]&#039;s new coin.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to get a Rome-over-Syracuse, and what a great story about the bun-sen, [USER=91240]@SeptimusT[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my favourite overstrikes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056101[/ATTACH] </p><p>Vandal imitation of Honorius overstruck on an official SALVS REIPVBLICAE AE4 (this is my newest one)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056094[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tiberius III (scarce) over Leontius (rare)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056095[/ATTACH] </p><p>Syrian-mint Sassanian imitation of a Heraclius follis overstruck on an official Anastasius follis</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056098[/ATTACH] </p><p>A home-made religious token, made by striking a cross over top of an official Constans VLPP</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056099[/ATTACH] </p><p>Zengid: Badr al-Din Lu&#039;lu (1233-1259) overstruck on an earlier coin of his.&nbsp; (I like how the legend is visible on the obverse head.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another sort of recycling I like is when the Byzantines used old coins as weights (or some think these are &quot;gaming tokens&quot; - in this case the weight&#039;s just right for a solidus, though):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056100[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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