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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4692307, member: 87404"]It could be overstruck or double struck. I personally think the coin was double struck. Like if the first strike wasn't really a good one, he might have hit it again, and called it good and moved on to the next one. Or he hit it with such power that it hopped and rotated again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your reverse appears to be the type with "IS XS BASILE BASIL". The coin you linked to has Jesus' name spelled out in full (IhSUS XRISTUS) rather abbreviated like yours (IS XS).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's mine that's similar:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190704_163429035.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Constantine IX, AE Class D Anonymous Follis, Constantinople Mint, 1042-1055 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: Nimbate figure of Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne, holding Gospels; barred IC-XC across field.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: – + -/IS XS/ЬASIL[Є]/ЬASIL/- (crescent) – in five lines.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: DOC pp. 685-7, Sear 1836</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 30mm, 7.4g</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Notes: Appears to be overstruck or double struck based on arch from 1 to 3 o’clock on reverse and other areas around edges. They are often overstruck on class C folles attributed to the period of Michel IV (1034-1041). Sear expresses the idea that they were struck during a decade between Constantine IX and Constantine X, eventually replaced by the class E folles.</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4692307, member: 87404"]It could be overstruck or double struck. I personally think the coin was double struck. Like if the first strike wasn't really a good one, he might have hit it again, and called it good and moved on to the next one. Or he hit it with such power that it hopped and rotated again. Your reverse appears to be the type with "IS XS BASILE BASIL". The coin you linked to has Jesus' name spelled out in full (IhSUS XRISTUS) rather abbreviated like yours (IS XS). Here's mine that's similar: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190704_163429035.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Constantine IX, AE Class D Anonymous Follis, Constantinople Mint, 1042-1055 AD[/B] Obverse: Nimbate figure of Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne, holding Gospels; barred IC-XC across field. Reverse: – + -/IS XS/ЬASIL[Є]/ЬASIL/- (crescent) – in five lines. References: DOC pp. 685-7, Sear 1836 Size: 30mm, 7.4g [I]Notes: Appears to be overstruck or double struck based on arch from 1 to 3 o’clock on reverse and other areas around edges. They are often overstruck on class C folles attributed to the period of Michel IV (1034-1041). Sear expresses the idea that they were struck during a decade between Constantine IX and Constantine X, eventually replaced by the class E folles.[/I][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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