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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shea19, post: 5286798, member: 90981&quot;]Thanks Doug, I was very interested in your take on this.&nbsp; I knew that when I had it narrowed down to the portrait being either Gallienus or Tranquillina, I still had a long way to go. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That is an excellent point about the centering, and one I&#039;ve struggled with.&nbsp; The positioning of where the hidden bust is just doesn&#039;t quite make sense, and probably rules out the Marcianopolis example.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing on this coin I&#039;m truly sure of is that the Phocas obverse was overstruck on the reverse of a Byzantine follis.&nbsp; The Phocas obverse die wouldn&#039;t have had a face like this, and neither would the reverse die of the Byzantine undertype.&nbsp; If it&#039;s not from an earlier undertype, where else could this face have come from?&nbsp; Or is not a face at all, and just happens to resemble one?&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll keep at it and try some different lighting and angles as you suggested, and hopefully something else may pop up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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