Interesting Byzantine Error

Aethelred

Here is an interesting coin I picked-up, a Byzantine Follis with two reverse sides.

lordmarcovan

That's weird muling.

Very cool, though.

Can't be a brockage, right? I mean, both sides are raised rather than one being incuse...?

Maybe a Byzantine wizard used it for parlor tricks.

theboz11

The old 2 headed quarter trick worked back then too Huh

STLNATS

Given the inscription on the 2nd pic below the M - and what look like stray letters and design elements on the first (to the left of the M) - I wonder if this is a coin that was struck, flipped and restuck, with the M being the strongest surviving part of the design to survive. Interesting....

Aethelred

<< <i>Given the inscription on the 2nd pic below the M - and what look like stray letters and design elements on the first (to the left of the M) - I wonder if this is a coin that was struck, flipped and restuck, with the M being the strongest surviving part of the design to survive. Interesting.... >>



That was my first thought, both sides appear as though they could be from the same die.

farthing

So.... the Midnight Minter was alive even back then? Reminds me of an old Star Trek episode!

Aethelred

<< <i>Reminds me of an old Star Trek episode! >>



Yes, go on....

farthing

...about a man that was immortal. Made it appear that he would die but would keep coming back working in the same occupation.

Aethelred

<< <i>...about a man that was immortal. Made it appear that he would die but would keep coming back working in the same occupation. >>



Was that on the original 1960s series?

farthing

Yep. Think music.

Found the title of the episode - Requiem for Methuselah.

Aethelred

<< <i>Yep. Think music.

Found the title of the episode - Requiem for Methuselah. >>



OK, I remember that one now!