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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3787347, member: 85693"]Nice one, Valentinian. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a countermark issue for Heraclius that I picked up - also on eBay. Rather to my surprise, it shipped from Israel, but since that is the area these supposedly circulated, I suppose that's a good thing. My host coin attribution is a bit of a guess. I think it is a bit unusual for these to be countermarked on the obverse - most I've seen have been on the M-side:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011368[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Heraclius (c. 633-636 A.D.) cm</b></p><p><b>on Tib. II Con. (578-582 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Nikomedia / Palestine Mint</b></p><p><b>Host coin:</b> DM T[Ib CONSTANTS PP], crowned facing bust cruciger & shield / M, ANNO left, cross above, [date] right, B below; NIK[O] in exergue.</p><p>SB 440, DOC 27b. (?)</p><p>(11.86 grams / 31 x 27 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark:</b> HRC cruciform monogram in 9 mm circle.</p><p>Schulze HCM type 1b</p><p><br /></p><p>"Heraclian countermarks on Byzantine copper coins in seventh-century Syria" by Wolfgang Schulze, Ingrid Schulze and Wolfgang Leimenstoll - "During the military conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Arabs in Syria in the years 633-36 Byzantine coins were countermarked by the Byzantine military</p><p>with a Heraclius monogram. Countermarking most probably was exercised predominantly in Palestine I and was carried out to revalue the few circulating copper coins in order to remedy the general supply gap and disastrous shortage of cash."</p><p>Quoted from a FORVM listing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3787347, member: 85693"]Nice one, Valentinian. Here's a countermark issue for Heraclius that I picked up - also on eBay. Rather to my surprise, it shipped from Israel, but since that is the area these supposedly circulated, I suppose that's a good thing. My host coin attribution is a bit of a guess. I think it is a bit unusual for these to be countermarked on the obverse - most I've seen have been on the M-side: [ATTACH=full]1011368[/ATTACH] [B]Heraclius (c. 633-636 A.D.) cm on Tib. II Con. (578-582 A.D.) Nikomedia / Palestine Mint Host coin:[/B] DM T[Ib CONSTANTS PP], crowned facing bust cruciger & shield / M, ANNO left, cross above, [date] right, B below; NIK[O] in exergue. SB 440, DOC 27b. (?) (11.86 grams / 31 x 27 mm) [B]Countermark:[/B] HRC cruciform monogram in 9 mm circle. Schulze HCM type 1b "Heraclian countermarks on Byzantine copper coins in seventh-century Syria" by Wolfgang Schulze, Ingrid Schulze and Wolfgang Leimenstoll - "During the military conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Arabs in Syria in the years 633-36 Byzantine coins were countermarked by the Byzantine military with a Heraclius monogram. Countermarking most probably was exercised predominantly in Palestine I and was carried out to revalue the few circulating copper coins in order to remedy the general supply gap and disastrous shortage of cash." Quoted from a FORVM listing.[/QUOTE]
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