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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2587186, member: 19463&quot;]A rarity is a Heraclius not struck on something else.&nbsp; Some may have been struck well enough to erase the whole undertype design but I suspect many that look clean really had an undertype.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have shown this several times before but repeat it here for new folks. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]562775[/ATTACH] </p><p>On the obverse, Heracilus and son appear horizontally with heads to the right and cross between.&nbsp; Upright is the facing bust of Phocas with letters OCAS just to its left.&nbsp; The F of FOCAS lost to the b of TIb at 9 o&#039;clock which is odly more bold than some of the later strike details.&nbsp; I can not prove to my satisfaction whether that TIb belonged to Tiberius Constantine or Maurice Tiberius but I suspect my coin is a brother of Valentinian&#039;s triple.&nbsp; My reverses show two Constantinople mintmarks.&nbsp; The Heraclius coin has a large M (top to right) while the Phocas had XXXX of which the bottoms of a couple letters show.&nbsp; The Heraclius strike contributed ANNO at the top now but there is a u just right of Phocas&#039; XXXX indicating his coin was a year five unless some I&#039;s got erased in the later use.&nbsp; I can not identify anything on the reverse from the first strike.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I love overstrikes when you can read the under.&nbsp; Some dealers charge extra while others consider them defective coins and give a discount.&nbsp; Opinions do vary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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