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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 8266991, member: 41219&quot;]In my quest to obtain all the different denominations of Byzantine coinage I came across this fun little 6 nummi struck during the reign of Heraclius. For $11.50 I couldn&#039;t say no!</p><p><br /></p><p>What makes this even more interesting (to me at least) is that you can see the original host coin underneath. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am fairly certain that the host coin was a 12 nummi of either Maurice Tiberius or Justin II. The side with the cross you can just make out a right facing bust which doesn&#039;t help too much. And on the reverse, there is part of an &quot;I&quot; on the outer edge with ample room for a &quot;B&quot; next to it along with what looks like the curvy top part of a &quot;B&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the 6 nummi of Heraclius was minted in Alexandria, it would lead me to believe that the host coin was also struck in Alexandria - though obviously that is just a guess at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you all think? (Yes I know I flipped my obverse/reverse pictures)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458692[/ATTACH] </p><p>Heraclius</p><p>AE 6 Nummi</p><p>610-641 AD</p><p>Alexandria</p><p>Obverse: dd M hERACLS around cross potent on one or two steps, sometimes with globes on ends of arms </p><p>Reverse: Large S</p><p>16mm/2.93g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a Maurice Tiberius 12 nummi but here is my Justin II 12 nummi from Alexandria for reference.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458699[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, let&#039;s see some of your debased Byzantine coins! Thanks for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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