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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7636680, member: 85693"]Nice coin. I too like those overstrikes. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of the Phocas types with a lower-case M rather than the XXXX:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313495[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Heraclius Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 4 (613-614 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Nicomedia Mint</b></p><p>[dd NN hERACLIVS ET hERA CON], Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine standing facing in chalmys / Large M, [ANNO left, cross above], II/II right, Officina A, NIKO.</p><p>SB 834; MIB 175; DOC Type 2.</p><p>(10.10 grams / 27 mm)</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Overstrike: </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Phocas and Leontia Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>n.d. (602-610)</b></p><p><b>Antioch (Theopolis) Mint</b></p><p>DN FOCA NE [PE AV], Phocas and Leontia standing facing / Large m (lower case), ANNO left, cross above, [year (?) right] T[HEUP']</p><p>SB 671; MIB 83a-b.</p><p><b>Note: </b> Reverse ANNO and cross are from undertype?</p><p><br /></p><p>Confusingly, this one seems to have been overstruck twice -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313496[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Heraclius Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>n.d. Year 3-6 (612-616 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Constantinople Mint</b></p><p>ddNNh[ЄRACLIyS ЄτhЄRACON]SτP[PA]; Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine standing facing, in chalmys / Large M, ANNO left, chi-rho above, [date?] right, Γ below, C[ON] in exergue.</p><p>SB 805; DOC Type 2.</p><p>(11.59 grams / 30 x 27 mm)</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Overstrike (two visible): </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Phocas Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 6 (607-608 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Nicomedia Mint</b></p><p>Consular bust holding mappa and cross / [XXX]X, [A]NNO above, ς right, [N]IKO[?] under SB 659.</p><p><b>Maurice Tiberius? Æ Follis</b></p><p>[DN MAVG IC]NP[AVT]</p><p>cf. SB 533?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7636680, member: 85693"]Nice coin. I too like those overstrikes. This is one of the Phocas types with a lower-case M rather than the XXXX: [ATTACH=full]1313495[/ATTACH] [B]Heraclius Æ Follis Year 4 (613-614 A.D.) Nicomedia Mint[/B] [dd NN hERACLIVS ET hERA CON], Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine standing facing in chalmys / Large M, [ANNO left, cross above], II/II right, Officina A, NIKO. SB 834; MIB 175; DOC Type 2. (10.10 grams / 27 mm) [B] Overstrike: Phocas and Leontia Æ Follis n.d. (602-610) Antioch (Theopolis) Mint[/B] DN FOCA NE [PE AV], Phocas and Leontia standing facing / Large m (lower case), ANNO left, cross above, [year (?) right] T[HEUP'] SB 671; MIB 83a-b. [B]Note: [/B] Reverse ANNO and cross are from undertype? Confusingly, this one seems to have been overstruck twice - [ATTACH=full]1313496[/ATTACH] [B]Heraclius Æ Follis n.d. Year 3-6 (612-616 A.D.) Constantinople Mint[/B] ddNNh[ЄRACLIyS ЄτhЄRACON]SτP[PA]; Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine standing facing, in chalmys / Large M, ANNO left, chi-rho above, [date?] right, Γ below, C[ON] in exergue. SB 805; DOC Type 2. (11.59 grams / 30 x 27 mm) [B] Overstrike (two visible): Phocas Æ Follis Year 6 (607-608 A.D.) Nicomedia Mint[/B] Consular bust holding mappa and cross / [XXX]X, [A]NNO above, ς right, [N]IKO[?] under SB 659. [B]Maurice Tiberius? Æ Follis[/B] [DN MAVG IC]NP[AVT] cf. SB 533?[/QUOTE]
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