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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2950425, member: 19463&quot;]I am very attracted to the idea of overstruck coins as long as we can figure out what the two contributing types were.&nbsp; This one seems exactly as you diagnose.&nbsp; I am a bit more fond of the ones where the obverse fell on the old reverse like SA&#039;s Tiberius III simply because they are easier to sort out.&nbsp; Some make me wonder why it was deemed necessary to overstrike since they so poorly erase the undertype.&nbsp; I also like overstrikes that were clipped down to a new, lower weight standard. of these, the king of clips IMHO is the follis of Constantine IV cut in quarters and each quarter struck into a half follis (K) by his son Justinian II.&nbsp; That made four 20 nummi (=80) out of one 40 nummi.&nbsp;&nbsp; These are relatively common while the whole originals are scarce. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]720600[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Often it helps to make a photo of the coin with the top oriented for the undertype rather than the final strike.&nbsp; This follis of Heraclius has the heads of the standing figures form the last use pointing right making the top of the head of Focas and legend OCAS much easier to see.&nbsp; What makes this coin special is the &#039;TIb&#039; at obverse left which is what remains of the coin on which the Focus was overstruck.&nbsp; Unfortunately I am not certain if it was Maurice Tiberius or Tiberius Constantine.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]720608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, you really did not think I could pass the chance of showing (again and again) the Anonymous A3 follis overstruck&nbsp; on an as of Gordian III which was about 780 years old when reused.&nbsp; I would love to know where Gordian spent all those years and how it came to be recycled.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]720610[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f18.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f18.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f18.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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