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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3540867, member: 44316&quot;]That is a very good question. Throughout the Byzantine period there are very many overstrikes, usually on the same denomination of a previous emperor, but sometimes even on a coin of the same emperor. We might conjecture some version of trying to remove the memory of the previous emperor, but that can&#039;t explain my &quot;anonymous folles&quot; are very often overstruck on other anonymous folles--they didn&#039;t even have emperor&#039;s names. </p><p><br /></p><p>This site gives examples of overstruck anonymous folles:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/#overstrikes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/#overstrikes" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/#overstrikes</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>I can conjecture a couple of possibilities, but I don&#039;t recall seeing scholars settle on a good reason. I am actively interested in this question. If I find out a convincing answer, I will let the forum know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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