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<p>[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 5293448, member: 90981"]I think that sums it up perfectly. This is the first Byzantine overstrike I've owned, and it definitely has been maddening, though pretty fun too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really appreciate all your input on this. I'm definitely more out of my depth with this than I had realized. I went back and edited the title of this post...I didn't want to imply that I had proved that this coin was a double overstrike, because I definitely haven't (and may never be able to). I've got a lot more research ahead of me on this. Very interesting point about the re-heating, which could at least explain the odd positioning of the "bust".</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER] Thanks for sharing those, I especially like the reverse on the second coin. I also really need to look through and see if there are any coins with anything near the emperor's shoulder/robes that might resemble a face when rotated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 5293448, member: 90981"]I think that sums it up perfectly. This is the first Byzantine overstrike I've owned, and it definitely has been maddening, though pretty fun too. I really appreciate all your input on this. I'm definitely more out of my depth with this than I had realized. I went back and edited the title of this post...I didn't want to imply that I had proved that this coin was a double overstrike, because I definitely haven't (and may never be able to). I've got a lot more research ahead of me on this. Very interesting point about the re-heating, which could at least explain the odd positioning of the "bust". [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER] Thanks for sharing those, I especially like the reverse on the second coin. I also really need to look through and see if there are any coins with anything near the emperor's shoulder/robes that might resemble a face when rotated.[/QUOTE]
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