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<p>[QUOTE="Caesar_Augustus, post: 3098278, member: 87659"]Thank you, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Now that I got my first thread out of the way, I'm already thinking of what else I'd like to share with you all. That is a very interesting overstrike you have. </p><p><br /></p><p>It made me wonder, because of the different mint marks, how the undertype coin got to the point where it was taken in to be "re-minted"? Cyzikus to Constantinople isn't that big of a distance, but that might mean the coins circulated into Constantinople where it was eventually collected by the government for re-processing. It would be interesting to see overstrikes minted in, say Antioch with an undertype originally from, say Constantinople. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That Anonymous over Gordian is just awe-inspiring. When I see it, I always wonder what the mint-worker, or finder, was thinking when they found it. Did they understand the significance? Maybe he or she was sharp-minded and hit the history books to figure out who "GORDIANVS" was. Then again, if he or she did that, they would likely have smuggled the coin out of the mint before being struck over. Very cool! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't seen any overstrikes of earlier Byzantine coins like that one. Very nice [USER=38412]@7Calbrey[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks all for posting your comments & coins! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Caesar_Augustus, post: 3098278, member: 87659"]Thank you, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]! :) Now that I got my first thread out of the way, I'm already thinking of what else I'd like to share with you all. That is a very interesting overstrike you have. It made me wonder, because of the different mint marks, how the undertype coin got to the point where it was taken in to be "re-minted"? Cyzikus to Constantinople isn't that big of a distance, but that might mean the coins circulated into Constantinople where it was eventually collected by the government for re-processing. It would be interesting to see overstrikes minted in, say Antioch with an undertype originally from, say Constantinople. That Anonymous over Gordian is just awe-inspiring. When I see it, I always wonder what the mint-worker, or finder, was thinking when they found it. Did they understand the significance? Maybe he or she was sharp-minded and hit the history books to figure out who "GORDIANVS" was. Then again, if he or she did that, they would likely have smuggled the coin out of the mint before being struck over. Very cool! I haven't seen any overstrikes of earlier Byzantine coins like that one. Very nice [USER=38412]@7Calbrey[/USER]. Thanks all for posting your comments & coins! :)[/QUOTE]
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