Is this a nice Nicephorus II?

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Awesomeness I will keep an eye out

 

It is indeed part of my collection. Otherwise David gave a perfect answer. The seller graded it "good Very Fine" which seems right to me. But centring and strike typically matter more for Byzantine than grade.

Meanwhile, overstrikes like yours have their own special appeal. (Note that sometimes Sear mentions that a particular type is "typically" overstruck on one or more earlier types.) My favourite Byzantine overstrike from my collection is this one:



It's a hard-to-find Tiberius III Apsimar (SB 1366) overstruck on an even harder-to-find Leontius (SB 1344).

 

@dougsmit - I have tried three times to see that eye under the legend on the reverse; but, I can't make it out. I'll try again in the morning light. I really am only now appreciating an overstrike and the undertype. Thank you for breaking this down for me a bit on the boards. I will be reading you (and others) further on the topic.

 

Dead on...


OVERSTRIKE:

RR Anon AE Sextans-Hieron II Overstrike 214-212 BCE Sear 1211 Craw 69/6

Composed of:


Sicily Syracuse 275-215 BC AE 19 Hieron II Poseidon-Trident - same as overstrike

AND:

RR Anon AE Sextans 211-206 BCE Prob Sicily-Katana mintage Craw 69/6a Sear 1211

 

I love it when you post this combo, @Alegandron. I think I can even forgive you for outbidding the Canucks in JA's last auction! (Me and Steve on the fourée, and me on the Hadrian limes!)

 

LOL... ooops...

But thank you for your comment on the Overstrike...

 

That's pretty amazing. It looks like one of those (what are they called?) conjoined? head coins? Nice! And reminds me a bit of the obverse of the crocs coins. I like it a lot.

 

Actually, the Dealer that sold it to me thought it was Janus or as they call it: Januform. However, I knew this was much too small for an As which were Januform.

This one struck me as odd. Researched it with @ancientcoinguru , and we cme up with this solution. It all made sense when we put it together:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ne...-poseidon-trident-bronze.283273/#post-2508211

 

Is it polite to ask if a dealer's error worked in a buyer's favor?

 

Its true!

 

Honest question which I have no problem answering from my perspective: I am a novice, not a dealer, nor an expert by any means. I am a hobbiest focused on capturing placemarkers in History. I particularly like the Roman Republic, and those entities that interacted with them. That stated, I felt that the Seller, whom I would expect to have much more working knowledge than me regarding Ancient coins, would have superior knowledge. I had no clue what the coin truly was. Rather, with my novice knowledge, I FELT that this coin was odd. I believe I spent $30USD for it, and I would need to further research it. It was not labeled as an As, rather as a "Roman Republic Januform". Never seen that one in that size (sextans) as a Januform. Ok, SOLD and I do some research.

Is it worth more than $30USD? No clue. Do I care? Not really, as I have never sold any of my coins, and have no plans to. Intrinsically, it is very valuable to me for what I LEARNED! And as to the cool period of History it represents: PRICELESS!

 

Yep. Totally!

 

Nice!