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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2042926, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">These are always my two favourite Byzy-messes to post ... a couple of HERACLIUS Overstruck</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Heraclius.&nbsp; Æ follies (Countermarks)</span></b></p><p>610-641 AD</p><p>ca. 616/7-621/2</p><p>Sicilian mint</p><p>Diameter: 29 mm</p><p>Weight: 12.77 grams</p><p>Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse</p><p>Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse</p><p>Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882</p><p>Other: Brown patina. <b>Overstruck on a follis of Justin I</b> from Constantinople, SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]373485[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis. Struck at Syracuse, Sicily. </b></span></font></p><p>circa 622 AD or earlier</p><p>Diameter: 33.5mm</p><p>Weight: 13.6g</p><p>Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath</p><p>Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark</p><p>Other: <b>Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius</b> from Constantinople</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]373486[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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