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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1722030, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">I admit that this coin & countermark are very similar to one of my earlier posts, but I feel that this new purchase is an even nicer lookin' coin!!?</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">NOTE => I am going to post both of them again, kinda like a pose-down in body-building (Arnold vs The Hulk):</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">First, my original Byzantine countermark:</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b>HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis</b></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b></b></font></font></span><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Struck at </font><font face="Arial">Syracuse</font><font face="Arial">, </font><font face="Arial">Sicily</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial">Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from </font><font face="Arial">Constantinople</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">circa 622 AD or earlier</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 33.5mm</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 13.6g</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark.</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH]267076.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]267077.vB[/ATTACH]</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Next, "TODAY'S PURCHASE" ... </span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font></font></span><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Heraclius. Æ follies (Justin I countermarks)</font></font></font></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"></font></font></span></b><font size="3"><font face="Arial"></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"></font></font><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">610-641 AD</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">ca. 616/7-621/2</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Sicilian mint</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Diameter: 29 mm</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Weight: 12.77 grams</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Other: Brown patina. Overstruck on a follis of Justin I from </font><font face="Arial">Constantinople</font><font face="Arial">, SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">[ATTACH]267078.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]267079.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1722030, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=3]I admit that this coin & countermark are very similar to one of my earlier posts, but I feel that this new purchase is an even nicer lookin' coin!!? NOTE => I am going to post both of them again, kinda like a pose-down in body-building (Arnold vs The Hulk): First, my original Byzantine countermark: [/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B]HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Struck at [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Syracuse[/FONT][FONT=Arial], [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Sicily [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Constantinople[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]circa 622 AD or earlier[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 33.5mm[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Weight: 13.6g[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark. [ATTACH]267076.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]267077.vB[/ATTACH] Next, "TODAY'S PURCHASE" ... [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial]Heraclius. Æ follies (Justin I countermarks)[/FONT] [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]610-641 AD[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]ca. 616/7-621/2[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Sicilian mint[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Diameter: 29 mm[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Weight: 12.77 grams[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Other: Brown patina. Overstruck on a follis of Justin I from [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Constantinople[/FONT][FONT=Arial], SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine [ATTACH]267078.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]267079.vB[/ATTACH][/FONT] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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