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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7846045, member: 85693&quot;]That OP is truly an exceptional specimen.&nbsp; Lovely strike and hard to find this nice, with both faces intact on the countermark.&nbsp; Nice find, [USER=76221]@Black Friar[/USER]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As a bargain countermark, these can be had fairly cheap if you don&#039;t mind a whole lot of ugly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my SB 883 on a fairly large follis, typical lousy strike: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350537[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Byzantine Empire&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Heraclius &amp; Her. Constantine&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>(c. 616-622 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Sicilian Mint</b></p><p><b>Host coin:</b>&nbsp; Nikomedia follis of Maurice Tiberius (?) SB 512. </p><p><b>Counterstamp:</b> Two busts, Heraclius &amp; Her. Constantine facing in circle / SCLs in oval. </p><p>SB 883; DOC 242.</p><p>(10.27 grams / 30 mm)</p><p>eBay April 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A similar countermark - here is SB 884 (the SCL has an RTh monogram next to it):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350536[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Byzantine Empire&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Heraclius &amp; Her. Constantine&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>(c. 632-641 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Sicilian Mint</b></p><p><b>Host coin:</b>&nbsp; Constantinople follis of Heraclius, SB 810. </p><p><b>Counterstamp:</b> Two busts, Heraclius &amp; Her. Constantine / RTh mongram SCs in circle</p><p>SB 884; DOC II part 1 243.</p><p>(4.76 grams / 21 x 19 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2020&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Host Coin Notes:</b></p><p>No legend, Heraclius in military attire and Heraclius Constantine in chlamys standing facing,</p><p>no monogram left?] / Large M, ANN[O] left, [cross above], [(date) right], B below, CON in exergue. </p><p>SB 810; DOC Type 5a.</p><p>Note:&nbsp; this CS often attributed to SB 809 host; but I cannot find listing for this host![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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