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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 2338713, member: 74222&quot;]The first one is most likely a halffollis of Phocas, sear 644 if you can see a start on the reverse side above the two XX&#039;s, I have two in better shape:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]474957[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]474956[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The two X’s just imply they are 20 nummi. – If my mind serves me right, the reason was that after Byzantium conquered the western part of Europe plus North Afrcica, they introduced the latinized coins and thus the X’s. Basically a 40-nummi of Phocas also has 4 X’s here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]474955[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second is Heraclius, sear 805, typical almost crude. – most likely because they are over struck, the second is definitely overstuck.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]474958[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]474959[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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