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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2233707, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]439571[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mine is the same coin .... sort of, anyway.&nbsp; What is really special about arnoldoe&#039;s coup is that it is NOT really messed up by being overstruck.&nbsp; My coin is Constantine VII Sear 1761 overstruck on the Romanus I Sear 1760 which shows clearly on the reverse upper right (actually a lot more clear than the top line of arnoldoe&#039;s coin).&nbsp; The reason I bought mine is the way it shows both the RWM and CON on the reverse.&nbsp; I do think that the new one has some undertype messsing it up but very, very little for these.&nbsp; Sear says they are overstruck on Sear 1729.&nbsp; My obverse shows the undertype +RW upside down at the very bottom and then the +C at 8 o&#039;clock followed by two different sections from the two bASILEVS strikes.&nbsp; The cross on top of Romanus&#039; crown shows between the S and I at 10 o&#039;clock.&nbsp; It is no wonder that this new coin made the book.&nbsp; Coins with so much detail from only one strike are the exception.&nbsp; My messy one is the norm. </p><p>Would I pay $23.27 for the coin?&nbsp; Yep! Mine was $25 in 1993.&nbsp; This is the kind of coin people should know better than to consign to big sellers like CNG.&nbsp; Their clientele is not known for bidding up coins with hard to read reverses and dirty recesses even if they are special in some way as this one most certainly is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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