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aquilacavallo New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 01/14/2025 9:05 pm These are the most fun when you can do detective work and figure out what coin was overstruck. Here's a Byzantine follis of Heraclius (610-641) struck over one of Maurice Tiberius (582-602). Part of the Maurice legend is legible: URI CN (cf. N# 153004). Heraclius seized power from Phocas (602-610) in a revolt; Phocas deposed Maurice in a military takeover. It figures that they would all have wanted to stamp out their predecessor's coins. Here are two different views of the reverse and one of the obverse. On the obverse, it looks like the standing Heraclius has cross leaning against his legs. I believe that's the cross from the old Maurice follis, which was above the big M on the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff

Victor Pillar of the Community United States 663 Posts	Posted 01/14/2025 10:21 pm Here is one of my favorites-- an unofficial FEL TEMP overstruck on a posthumous issue of Constantine I, both types from Antioch. Ex-Collection of Ralph Van Deman Magoffin, eminent American Classical scholar and archaeologist, 1874-1942 and now it's mine...all mine! the first pic with the coin rotated to show the undertype what it looks like without an overstrike now rotated to show the unofficial FEL TEMP and what the official type looks like Report this Post to the Staff
livingwater Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 01/14/2025 10:51 pm Wow, very cool! Edited by livingwater 01/14/2025 10:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
aquilacavallo New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 07:42 am Very cool, @Victor, and such an interesting ownership history! Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 6896 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 09:09 am Very cool idea for a thread! I don't have anything to contribute, but have learned in the last year about the importance of overstrikes in attributing early (pre-Hohenstaufen) "Silcilian" coinage to the various rulers. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 157714 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 10:25 am Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 663 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 3:01 pm this one was overstruck circa 400 years after it was originally minted. Islamic fals overstruck on a Constantine I GLORIA EXERCITVS Dependent Emirate. Conquest or Umayyad Emirate, A.D. 711- 756. Islamic Fals overstruck on Constantine I AE Follis, Nicomedia mint (19mm, 2.4g,). Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. REV: Two soldiers flanking two standards; SMNE. RIC VII Heraclea 188. A.D. 330- 335 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 157714 Posts	Posted 01/15/2025 3:14 pm Nice example! Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4905 Posts	Posted 01/16/2025 9:42 pm Cool overstrike coins, Victor that Islamic coin with a LRB undertype is awesome! Here is a coin of Heraclius from Sicily struck on top of another (I think) Heraclius 40 nummi. On the obverse you can see Heraclius and his son Heraclius Constantine facing, but below is a horizontal figure that was a standing son or Empress on the original type. The large M on the reverse is the original coin, what looks like an R S on the lower reverse is the overstrike, the monogram on Constantine (partially off flan) with an SC the right. Edited by chrsmat71 01/16/2025 9:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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