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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1864145, member: 44183"]<font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">My second & third 7th-Century BC offerings are quite similar (the difference being the underneath "host-coin")</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=> man, I love these ol' countermarked coins!! (enjoy!!)</span></font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Heraclius. Æ follis (Countermarked)</b></span></font></p><p><font size="4">610-641 AD</font></p><p><font size="4">ca. 616/7-621/2</font></p><p><font size="4">Sicilian mint</font></p><p><font size="4">Diameter: 29 mm</font></p><p><font size="4">Weight: 12.77 grams</font></p><p><font size="4">Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse</font></p><p><font size="4">Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse</font></p><p><font size="4">Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882</font></p><p><font size="4">Other: Brown patina. Overstruck on a follis of Justin I from Constantinople, SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]313754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]313755[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis (countermarked) </b></span></font></p><p><font size="4">Struck at Syracuse, Sicily. </font></p><p><font size="4">Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from Constantinople </font></p><p><font size="4">circa 622 AD or earlier</font></p><p><font size="4">Diameter: 33.5mm</font></p><p><font size="4">Weight: 13.6g</font></p><p><font size="4">Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath</font></p><p><font size="4">Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark</font></p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]313756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]313757[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1864145, member: 44183"][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]My second & third 7th-Century BC offerings are quite similar (the difference being the underneath "host-coin") => man, I love these ol' countermarked coins!! (enjoy!!)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B]Heraclius. Æ follis (Countermarked)[/B][/COLOR] 610-641 AD ca. 616/7-621/2 Sicilian mint Diameter: 29 mm Weight: 12.77 grams Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882 Other: Brown patina. Overstruck on a follis of Justin I from Constantinople, SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]313754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]313755[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][B]HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis (countermarked) [/B][/COLOR] Struck at Syracuse, Sicily. Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from Constantinople circa 622 AD or earlier Diameter: 33.5mm Weight: 13.6g Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]313756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]313757[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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