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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1671327, member: 44183&quot;][ATTACH]248462.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]248463.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">Struck at </font></span><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">Syracuse</font></span><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">, </font></span><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">Sicily</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from </font></span><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">Constantinople</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">circa 622 AD or earlier</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 33.5mm</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 13.6g</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark. </span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">HOST COIN - ANASTASIUS I AE 40 nummi follis. Constantinople mint, circa 512-517 AD. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Reverse - Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, A below. Mintmark CON. SB 16, DOC 20a. Countermark S 884</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Heraclius overstruck 40 nummi folles on earlier coinage, dating from the time of Anastasius to Justin II, at Syracusae, Sicilia, as part of a renewed focus on the island&#039;s importance as a strategic base.</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #800000">... ummm, how &#039;bout this one?? (*sigh* ... I&#039;m gonna go ta bed)</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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