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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1638544, member: 19463&quot;]I am not a big collector of Byzantine but buy some when they appeal for some reason.&nbsp; I always like odd coins so I find appeal a few years after the OP coin when those huge M coins started diminishing in size on a regular basis.&nbsp; To keep up with changing standards many coins were trimmed to the new weight standard and overstruck with a new design.&nbsp; There are issues that are rather rare with no signs of being overstruck but some coins are easier to read than others. </p><p>[ATTACH]235420.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>This Focas 40 nummi (XXXX) year IIII is struck over Maurice Tiberius year XIIII.&nbsp; Both are Constantinople mint dies.&nbsp; The clipped flan is obvious.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]235421.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>My favorite is this Heraclius and son overstruck on a Focas (again both Constantinople) but there is a bold TIB at obverse left making me wonder whether that is what remains of a third type.&nbsp; It seems too bold to be the under-undertype but I can not explain it otherwise.&nbsp; I particularly like the way Focas&#039; head appears peering over the bodies (crosswise the way I am showing it).&nbsp; These coins are messy, ugly and fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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