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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3986903, member: 19463&quot;]It is often hard to tell a double strike from an overstrike.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see this one.&nbsp; </p><p>My point was that earlier Byzantine from the time of Focas are often struck on trimmed down flans of earlier rulers.&nbsp; Justinian II struck half folles on quartered folles of his father.&nbsp; Romans might overstrike but you don&#039;t see them clipping down earlier coins like it seemed all the Byzantines did.&nbsp; At some point, weight became more significant for bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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