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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4692271, member: 102103"]I'm pretty new to ancients, as I mostly collect early modern coins. I bought this coin </p><p>unidentified, which I'm guessing is a Byzantine follis, similar to <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces103233.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces103233.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1153755[/ATTACH] </p><p>I'm puzzled by the text lines on the back. It seems like the bottom line is at markedly </p><p>different angle from the text above. Could this have been struck over an existing coin?</p><p>Or were they just very casual about the text alignment? Any explanations would be </p><p>most appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4692271, member: 102103"]I'm pretty new to ancients, as I mostly collect early modern coins. I bought this coin unidentified, which I'm guessing is a Byzantine follis, similar to [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces103233.html']this one[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1153754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1153755[/ATTACH] I'm puzzled by the text lines on the back. It seems like the bottom line is at markedly different angle from the text above. Could this have been struck over an existing coin? Or were they just very casual about the text alignment? Any explanations would be most appreciated![/QUOTE]
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