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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 5290110, member: 95174&quot;]Byzantine overstrikes can lead to a new type of madness. So your warned.</p><p>&nbsp;In the case of your coin it is possible but not probable. <u>My assumption</u> in regards to all overstrikes was the metal was reheated muddling the original image to begin with. Then 300 years time , if the coin was in and out of circulation it would have significant wear also destroying the original imagery. So honestly anything could be left&nbsp; and not necessarily in the correct position.</p><p>Overstrikes happened in the empire most commonly when shortages of bronze occurred. An excellent time for overstrikes was 1092 during the Alexius coin reform. However at that time,&nbsp; the new coins were smaller than the previous&nbsp; coinage so the overstrike were created on partial pieces of the previous coins.</p><p>So if the flan on your coin did not match it could have been trimmed down. </p><p>I do not think you have proved it with conviction and I am not sure that you will find enough evidence of coin A&nbsp; to prove it is the under type of coin B (Focus)&nbsp;&nbsp; but when your done examining it, I am certain you will know the Focus Follis by memory. </p><p>Enjoy the journey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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