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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2583384, member: 44316"]I was looking for information about Byzantine coins of Heraclius (610-641) with countermarks. Countermarks from Sicily are fairly common, but I had this coin in mind:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]561159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]561160[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE27-24. 6.12 grams. 6:00.</p><p>Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, mint of Constantinople, year 22(?)</p><p>Sear 810. With two countermarks from the time of Heraclius.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two countermarks turn out to be probably added in Syria, according to this article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/6817000/Heraclian_countermarks_on_Byzantine_copper_coins_in_seventh_century_Syria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/6817000/Heraclian_countermarks_on_Byzantine_copper_coins_in_seventh_century_Syria" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/6817000/Heraclian_countermarks_on_Byzantine_copper_coins_in_seventh_century_Syria</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But I am really writing because in the process of looking for information I discovered this site:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wegm.com/coins/byindex.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wegm.com/coins/byindex.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wegm.com/coins/byindex.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>with this page on coins of Heraclius:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wegm.com/coins/heraclius.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wegm.com/coins/heraclius.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wegm.com/coins/heraclius.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(The page has both the words "Heraclius" and "countermark", but not these countermarks.) It is very nicely done and I would personally congratulate whoever created it, if I knew who it was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2583384, member: 44316"]I was looking for information about Byzantine coins of Heraclius (610-641) with countermarks. Countermarks from Sicily are fairly common, but I had this coin in mind: [ATTACH=full]561159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]561160[/ATTACH] AE27-24. 6.12 grams. 6:00. Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, mint of Constantinople, year 22(?) Sear 810. With two countermarks from the time of Heraclius. These two countermarks turn out to be probably added in Syria, according to this article: [url]https://www.academia.edu/6817000/Heraclian_countermarks_on_Byzantine_copper_coins_in_seventh_century_Syria[/url] But I am really writing because in the process of looking for information I discovered this site: [url]http://www.wegm.com/coins/byindex.htm[/url] with this page on coins of Heraclius: [url]http://www.wegm.com/coins/heraclius.htm[/url] (The page has both the words "Heraclius" and "countermark", but not these countermarks.) It is very nicely done and I would personally congratulate whoever created it, if I knew who it was.[/QUOTE]
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