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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Moe &quot;Wolfy&quot; Wilder, post: 4906184, member: 114824&quot;]Thanks, I was under the same general impression - that is until I cleaned this batch. I knew the Vandals in Spain/Africa were using countermarks to revalue 1st centuy coppers in the 5th century. This was done on 400 year old coins not curent issues. However, there is something about this late late roman bronze I found that tells me the Western mints may have had a new reason to dust off the ole &quot;CAESAR&quot; CMs, that is to obliterate the name of an emperor who was recently killed or deposed, so to be able to continue to distribute the coins that were already struck before the emperor&#039;s downfall. I&#039;m not sure yet, but I think there&#039;s also a CM on a 4th century constantinian era, that may have been used to validate a barbarous copy.&nbsp; I am still working on these pieces, just not ready to show them around until I&#039;m sure of what I&#039;m seeimg.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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