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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3540804, member: 44316&quot;]The OP coin is an overstrike of Heraclius (610-641) and son, as [USER=72790]@kevin McGonigal[/USER] noted. There is a way to try to determine the undertype if you can see any of it. Byzantine AE coin strikes almost always have die-axis 6:00 (like a US quarter). That means if you can find any of the undertype and put that upright and flip it top-to-bottom, the other side will be upright and you can look for remaining details is the right places with the correct orientation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s try that with the OP coin. The reverse seems easier to begin with. The overtype has M and ANNO down its left, with Δ for officina and CON below. This is Sear 805. (Sear is the main reference for Byzantine coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I see a second ANNO tilted to the left of that, about 11:00. Regard that as upright. Then I think I see a cross (+) above a rounded M (<font size="6">m</font>). Rounded m&#039;s are used by the previous emperors Phocas (602-61), Maurice (582-602), but only at Antioch and overstrikes are usually on coins of the same mint, and Tiberius II (578-582). Flip it over using that axis and expect the top of the other side to be upright (which will be in the same orientation in the second picture if you a reading this, that is, look at it as if the top were 11:00.) I can&#039;t make out much--maybe ON STAN 10:30 - 1:30?&nbsp; That must be wrong. I looked in Dumbarton Oaks and did not find Tiberius II Constantine with that legend split, and it would not be Phocas (FOCAS on his coins).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I can&#039;t make out the undertype. Maybe with it in hand you can spot more of the undertype.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In December 2016 I started a thread with a triple strike, all identifiable:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/triple-strike.287629/#post-2587155" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/triple-strike.287629/#post-2587155">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/triple-strike.287629/#post-2587155</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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