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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caesar_Augustus, post: 4886163, member: 87659&quot;]Here&#039;s one of my favourite Byzantine overstrikes. Originally a follis minted in Thessaloniki and counterstamped in Sicily. You can see how it was also clipped to reduce the weight to its new standard. </p><p><br /></p><p>Heraclius &amp; Heraclius Constantine</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/heraclius5/heraclius5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>631 A.D., Syracuse Mint, null Officina</p><p>6.76g, 25.5mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> -,</p><p><i>Crowned and draped facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine; cross between; all within circular punch</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> -,</p><p><i>SCLs within circular punch</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> -</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Frank S. Robinson Auction 107, Lot 415</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> SBCV 883[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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