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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;catadc, post: 6547108, member: 103515&quot;]We are talking about anonymous follis; there is no face or name of the emperor on it to have the &quot;propaganda aspect&quot; in this particular case. </p><p><br /></p><p>Otherwise, probably you are right, it is plausible that the current ruler did not want coins with the face &amp; name of the previous one(s), hence overstrikes. This was a manual process, and you will find better or worse overstrikes, all depending on the type of the 2 (sometimes even more) coins involved in the process (how high their relief was) and the care of the persons to prepare the flans and execute the operation. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is probably also an inflation component, with old flans being cut in the process to produce smaller flans and high denomination overstruck on smaller denominations. This produced more money with the same quantity of metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for counterfeiting... if you specialize in a denomination or a shorter time period, you will see more. There was no actual need to design an &quot;overstrike fake&quot;. Although not counterfeits per se, look for &quot;arab byzantine imitations&quot; and &quot;bulgarian trachy imitations&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do collect both (overstrikes and ancient counterfeits) if I can find an interesting one in my area of interest, for a good price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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