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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-monolith-, post: 25471713, member: 150064&quot;]Regarding ancient coins, do you consider an overstrike to be a mint error? My belief is no, since the coins were &quot;restruck&quot; for a reason. Here are a few of my overstrikes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630360[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Province, City - Reign:&nbsp; </b>Macedonia, Kingdom of - Kassander</p><p><b>Denomination:&nbsp; </b>AE Half unit</p><p><b>Mint:&nbsp; </b>Uncertain Mint – Western Asia Minor (316 - 297 BC)</p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Helmeted head of Athena right (overstruck on reverse of Macedonian shield type)</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: <b>(BAΣΙΛ)ΕΩ(Σ) - K(AΣΣ)ANΔPO(Y), </b>Club above; bow-in-bowcase below (overstruck on obverse of Macedonian shield type)</p><p><b>References: </b>SNG Cop 1159; Moushmov 7271; Valassiadis, Contribution 8; HGC 3, 997</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630361[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Province, City:&nbsp; </b>Mysia, Kyzikos (Cyzicus)</p><p><b>Mint:&nbsp; </b>Kyzikos (5th - 4th centuries BC, sometime between 410 – 394 BC during the Peloponnesian War) – symmachy coinage </p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Prow to right; overstruck on Kore Soteira head right, wearing saccos</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: <b>K-Y / Σ-I </b>on either side of bucranium, all within oak wreath; overstruck on bull left, butting with <b>K-Y / Σ-I</b> above and monogram below</p><p><b>References: overstruck coin reference </b>- SNG France 5, 438; SNG von Aulock 1231; Von Fritze-III 11</p><p><b>base coin reference</b> - SNG France 5, 436-437; SNG von Aulock 1230; Von Fritze-III 10</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630362[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Province, City:&nbsp; </b>Mysia, Kyzikos (Cyzicus) - civic issue</p><p><b>Mint:&nbsp; </b>Kyzikos (300 - 200 BC)</p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Tunny fish left in corn wreath attached to sheaf of grain overstruck on head of Kore right, wreathed with corn.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> <b>K-Y / Z-I</b> to left and right of wreath; <b>AΓ</b> monogram within oak-wreath, <b>Δ</b> below overstruck on tripod, radiate disk above, tunny fish below.</p><p><b>References: </b>BMCG 16. 38. 145 (restruck); Imhoof MG (Mobbaies grecques) 214. 83 (restruck); Mysia, Kyzikos - Von Fritze, Nomisma X, Kyzikos, Gruppe II, 14</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630368[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Province, City:&nbsp; </b>Mysia, Lampsakos</p><p><b>Mint:&nbsp; </b>Lampsakos (2nd-1st Century BC)</p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Laureate head of Apollo to right overstruck on head of Athena to right wearing crested Corinthan helmet</p><p><b>Reverse: ΛΑΜ</b>, Kithara (Lyre); in field to left forepart of Pegasos to left overstruck </p><p>reverse - undertype rotated 90 degrees (pegasos legs at bottom of lyre and it&#039;s head is at the <b>ΛΑΜ</b>)</p><p><b>References:</b> Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 96, 40; SNG France 1234; SNG Tübingen 2307[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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