Blows me away that a coin would be overstruck 1,000 years later. Amazing.
Virgil
Hi VH,
I once came across a silver
denarius of
Augustus (the common
type with Gaius and
Lucius on the
reverse) that
had been
countermarked with a lily. The dealer claimed that it was
applied in Royal
France. I almost purchased it. Obviously, if that claim was true, that
countermark was
applied well over 1,000 years later.
The dealer even speculated that that specimen was once owned by a member of the
French Royal Family.
That specimen was one of the nicest examples of that
type that I have ever seen. It was in
choice XF condition. It was absolutely beautiful. Thus, it makes sense that a member of the
French Royal Family would have owned it.
Meepzorp