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chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 9:18 pm hi all, went to to my first coin show today in a small town about a 50 minute drive from my house. picked up several older world and US coins, and was surprised to find a few ancients. I picked these up, dont really know what they're worth, but they were worth 30 bucks to me. I've been itching for a byzantine coin, so I picked this up...more like a coin "chunk".. heraclius and heraclius constantine sicily mint 632-641 ad sb 884 counterstamped sb 810 i thought mine was in rought shape but it's hard to find pictures of nice round ones, here's from wildwinds.... here's the other coin I picked up, it's salonina, wife of gallienus.. i can't figure this one out, star mint mark? x? anyone know what this one is? couldn't find an exact match at wildwinds. Report this Post to the Staff

Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 9:26 pm I really like the first one. With the front facing obverse, for being a 'chunk' The picture is pretty clear. Great coins, and I would pay $30 all day for those. Wish I could help you with the mint, but nice coins though. Edited by Ancientnoob 10/14/2012 9:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
dougsmit Pillar of the Community United States 1549 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 10:35 pm The Byzantine was a smaller countermark struck on an earlier coin that was cut down to match the new weight standard. This clipping makes many other than round. My example was struck with the obverse on the old reverse making it a bit easier to see how the two sided countermark merged into the old design but is a different coin with very different portraits. All of these are a mess. I'm guessing the Salonina is PVDICITIA AVG which is not a common one. The mintmark appears to be a star but I do not find that in photos available online. Pudicitia is more common without the AVG following. To research this farther you will need a reference book I don't have or a Gallienus expert that I am not. Edited by dougsmit 10/14/2012 10:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 10:42 pm Very nice Heraclius. Report this Post to the Staff
Eng5858 Pillar of the Community United States 1316 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 11:05 pm chrsmat71, love these Biz. coins, very nice pick up, great price to.. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 11:30 pm thanks guys, I dig them! thanks ds, I was just reading your page on byzantine overstrikes. I can't figure out the salonina either, if you don't know what it is them I'm probably out of luck on IDing that one..may be unlisted. Report this Post to the Staff
stevex6 Pillar of the Community 3352 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 07:55 am Hey chrsmat71, maybe you could ask Eng5858 if he'd put-in a good word with his new Wildwind-buddies? ... maybe they could give you a hand? ... just jokes, Jango (congrats, again) => chrsmat71, cool looking coins (oh, and I also saw the misc/world coins that you picked-up today on a different thread ... they looked very interesting as well) Report this Post to the Staff
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