Now if course my quest is to find out: what is the host coin for these overstrikes?
My best guess are folles of Phocas, for the following reasons:
He struck folles with an
obverse of two people each holding a
cross on a globe or a staff.
The O of
his ANNO is often small and located close to the
mint mark, see this coin:
(image courtesy of
wildwinds)
Compare this
oKYZ to that on my first coin, I see a strong similarity.
HOWEVER: This only works for the
Cyzicus folles, as the folles of Phocas struck with NIKO
mint marks do NOT have the large M but
XXXX to denote 40 nummi, and also do NOT have "ANNO" to the left of the
denomination, but above it!
So I will have to do more research once I receive the second coin to determine the
undertype!
Thanks for reading and I
hope somebody will have coins or insights to share!