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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25162703, member: 134416"]Here's what the overtype should look like</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins/89/product/anonymous_time_of_romanus_iv_10681071__40_nummi__constantinople/1412041/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins/89/product/anonymous_time_of_romanus_iv_10681071__40_nummi__constantinople/1412041/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins/89/product/anonymous_time_of_romanus_iv_10681071__40_nummi__constantinople/1412041/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the nicest one on vcoins of what the undertype should look like:</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/time_of_romanus_iv_diogenes_10681071_ae_anonymous_follis_629g_245mm_constantinople_mint_sb_1866/1983513/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/time_of_romanus_iv_diogenes_10681071_ae_anonymous_follis_629g_245mm_constantinople_mint_sb_1866/1983513/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/time_of_romanus_iv_diogenes_10681071_ae_anonymous_follis_629g_245mm_constantinople_mint_sb_1866/1983513/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So what I'm gathering is that people were scared off because they had no bulletproof examples to go by? Next time I'll try to find one of the type, and if I can't find that, the same denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine's a mess because of the overstrike, but it actually seems to be better than virtually any coin on vcoins,condition-wise.</p><p><br /></p><p>But with many Byzantine coins, there are no bulletproof examples to be found. This is as good as it gets for S805, far better than the normal. It's VF. It's very, very rare to have facial features on these.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1603827[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25162703, member: 134416"]Here's what the overtype should look like [URL]https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins/89/product/anonymous_time_of_romanus_iv_10681071__40_nummi__constantinople/1412041/Default.aspx[/URL] Here's the nicest one on vcoins of what the undertype should look like: [URL]https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/time_of_romanus_iv_diogenes_10681071_ae_anonymous_follis_629g_245mm_constantinople_mint_sb_1866/1983513/Default.aspx[/URL] So what I'm gathering is that people were scared off because they had no bulletproof examples to go by? Next time I'll try to find one of the type, and if I can't find that, the same denomination. Mine's a mess because of the overstrike, but it actually seems to be better than virtually any coin on vcoins,condition-wise. But with many Byzantine coins, there are no bulletproof examples to be found. This is as good as it gets for S805, far better than the normal. It's VF. It's very, very rare to have facial features on these. [ATTACH=full]1603827[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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