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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 25488217, member: 110226"]That's a very interesting example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do see on the reverse what I think is the ending of the obverse legend of the overstruck coin: PPAV, and the lower portion of what seems to be a cuirassed portrait, based on the photo. That could make the under-coin one of Justinian I's, Tiberius II Constantine's or Maurice Tiberius' issues, which is a very wide net. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would lean towards Maurice Tiberius, Phocas' predecessor. Phocas was motivated to obliterate references to Maurice Tiberius following that emperor's execution in 602 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm thinking the under-coin is generally something like this (not my coin):</p><p><br /></p><p>Maurice Tiberius, follis, Constantinople, year 8 (A.D. 590-591)</p><p>11,8 grams - 30 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1631771[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 25488217, member: 110226"]That's a very interesting example. I do see on the reverse what I think is the ending of the obverse legend of the overstruck coin: PPAV, and the lower portion of what seems to be a cuirassed portrait, based on the photo. That could make the under-coin one of Justinian I's, Tiberius II Constantine's or Maurice Tiberius' issues, which is a very wide net. I would lean towards Maurice Tiberius, Phocas' predecessor. Phocas was motivated to obliterate references to Maurice Tiberius following that emperor's execution in 602 AD. I'm thinking the under-coin is generally something like this (not my coin): Maurice Tiberius, follis, Constantinople, year 8 (A.D. 590-591) 11,8 grams - 30 mm [ATTACH=full]1631771[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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