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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7714672, member: 44316"]Here is another example of two Byzantine anonymous folles of the same class (Class I) but much different sizes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323045[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nicephorus III, 1078-1081, Class I</p><p>Left: 30-28 mm. 8.61 grams. Heavier than all of the 64 examples in DOC.</p><p>Right: 23-21 mm. 3.87 grams. (The coins were put alongside one another and photographed. The relative sizes in the image are exact.)</p><p>Sear 1889.</p><p>DOC 3.2 "Class I" p. 697.</p><p>I suspect the one on the left was overstruck on a previous type from when coins were broader and heavier, but I have not identified an undertype.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7714672, member: 44316"]Here is another example of two Byzantine anonymous folles of the same class (Class I) but much different sizes: [ATTACH=full]1323045[/ATTACH] Nicephorus III, 1078-1081, Class I Left: 30-28 mm. 8.61 grams. Heavier than all of the 64 examples in DOC. Right: 23-21 mm. 3.87 grams. (The coins were put alongside one another and photographed. The relative sizes in the image are exact.) Sear 1889. DOC 3.2 "Class I" p. 697. I suspect the one on the left was overstruck on a previous type from when coins were broader and heavier, but I have not identified an undertype.[/QUOTE]
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