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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 24792295, member: 85693&quot;]Thanks for the kind remarks, [USER=147282]@Homer2[/USER] .&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you&#039;ll come across a Byzantine countermark at some point - the ones Heraclius issued for Sicily are abundant (and a lot of fun to attribute!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1586106[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Byzantine Empire&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Heraclius (c. 616-622 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Sicilian Mint</b></p><p><b>Host coin: </b> Follis of Justinian I (star-cross-cross reverse; see notes). </p><p><b>Counterstamp:</b> bust of Heraclius, facing in circle, PTh monogram / <u>SCLs</u> in oval. </p><p>SB 882; DOC 241.</p><p>(18.34 grams / 33 x 28 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2021&nbsp; </p><p><b>Host Coin: Justinian I&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>(527-538 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Mint obliterated (see below)</b></p><p>DN IVSTI[NIAN]VS PP [AVG], pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M, star left, cross above, cross right, Officina A below, [mintmark CON or NIKM in exergue]. SB 158 (Constantinople) SB 198 (Nicomedia).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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