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Justin II double strike

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carpatic:
This doble strike looks to me an ANNO IIII over ANNO I
Are there both layers Justin II? It looks like this to me. Why would it be over stroke like this?

v-drome:
Great coin!  I think the overstrike  coin is Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine but there seems to be multiple strikes so it is very complex.

carpatic:
Thank you, v-drome.
Do you think that we can see more specific information?

Byzantofil:
If you want specific information, so your follis was minted in the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Heraclius (613-614). Here you see Heracleus with his young son Heracleus Constantine. This follis looks like this:

Byzantofil:
And in the form of a coin blank, the old emperor Phokas follis, the deposed predecessor of Heraclius, was taken. It was a follis minted in Constantinople in the first year of the reign of Phokas and Empress Leontia (602-603). And this coin looked like this:

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