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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4849686, member: 85693"]Hope you all have been having a nice Labor Day weekend - despite the rumored hotdog shortage. As if we didn't have enough problems already!</p><p><br /></p><p>It's been a while since I've inflicted countermarks on you folks, but these three are new and I got the countermark fever again. They are a sibilant bunch, Sssssssillyon Septimius and Sicily:</p><p><br /></p><p>A Delta and NIKO on this very worn Provincial of Septimius Severus.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171056[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Septimius Severus Æ 28 Pentassaria</b></p><p><b>Moesia Inferior, </b></p><p><b>Nikopolis ad Istrum</b></p><p><b>(c. 193-211 A.D. ?)</b></p><p>AV KAI Λ CE [CEVHΡOC?], laureate head right / Illegible reverse, faint letters.</p><p><b>Host:</b> Unknown Roman provincial, Nikopolis or Pautalia?</p><p>(8.91 grams / 28 x 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermarks:</b></p><p><b>CM 1:</b> Δ incuse 7 x 6 mm. Howgego 782 (3 pcs); denotes denomination, pentassaria.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CM 2: </b>NIKO incuse 14 x 5 mm. Howgego 553 (3 pcs, 2 of which are on the reverse).</p><p><b>Note:</b> All coins that have the Δ c/m apparently also bear the NIKO c/m...</p><p>FORVM Collection Automan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a neat little countermark of a lyre (a chelys, technically, made from a tortoise shell) from Sillyon. The eBay seller attributed it to Smyrna, with Homer seated on the back, which is not correct - you can see the eagle in Zeus's hand, and some of the legend. it took a while, but I tracked down Sillyon, a place I'd never heard of:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pamphylia, Sillyon Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(c. 300-100 B.C.)</b></p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΕΛΥΝ[ΙΥΣ] Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter, thunderbolt in field left.</p><p>SNG France 956; SNG Cop. 437</p><p><b>Countermark:</b> chelys (lyre) in 7 x 5 mm rectangle. No. ref.</p><p>(4.07 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark:</b> </p><p>Found only one countermarked Sillyon but not a chelys. This countermark similar to</p><p>those found on Bithynia Æs for Prusias "cf. SNG von Aulock 6881 (for countermarks)." (CNG Web Shop via acsearch)</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a chopped-down, counterstamped (obv. and rev.) follis for Byzantine Sicily:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171055[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Byzantine Empire Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Heraclius & Her. Constantine </b></p><p><b>(c. 632-641 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Sicilian Mint</b></p><p><b>Host coin:</b> Probably cut-down follis of Heraclius?</p><p><b>Counterstamp:</b> Two busts, Heraclius & Her. Constantine / RTh mongram SCs in circle</p><p>SB 884; DOC II part 1 243.</p><p>(5.86 grams / 22 x 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your countermarks. I like looking at them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4849686, member: 85693"]Hope you all have been having a nice Labor Day weekend - despite the rumored hotdog shortage. As if we didn't have enough problems already! It's been a while since I've inflicted countermarks on you folks, but these three are new and I got the countermark fever again. They are a sibilant bunch, Sssssssillyon Septimius and Sicily: A Delta and NIKO on this very worn Provincial of Septimius Severus. [ATTACH=full]1171056[/ATTACH] [B] Septimius Severus Æ 28 Pentassaria Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum (c. 193-211 A.D. ?)[/B] AV KAI Λ CE [CEVHΡOC?], laureate head right / Illegible reverse, faint letters. [B]Host:[/B] Unknown Roman provincial, Nikopolis or Pautalia? (8.91 grams / 28 x 25 mm) [B]Countermarks: CM 1:[/B] Δ incuse 7 x 6 mm. Howgego 782 (3 pcs); denotes denomination, pentassaria. [B]CM 2: [/B]NIKO incuse 14 x 5 mm. Howgego 553 (3 pcs, 2 of which are on the reverse). [B]Note:[/B] All coins that have the Δ c/m apparently also bear the NIKO c/m... FORVM Collection Automan. Here is a neat little countermark of a lyre (a chelys, technically, made from a tortoise shell) from Sillyon. The eBay seller attributed it to Smyrna, with Homer seated on the back, which is not correct - you can see the eagle in Zeus's hand, and some of the legend. it took a while, but I tracked down Sillyon, a place I'd never heard of: [ATTACH=full]1171057[/ATTACH] [B]Pamphylia, Sillyon Æ 17 (c. 300-100 B.C.)[/B] Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣΕΛΥΝ[ΙΥΣ] Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter, thunderbolt in field left. SNG France 956; SNG Cop. 437 [B]Countermark:[/B] chelys (lyre) in 7 x 5 mm rectangle. No. ref. (4.07 grams / 17 mm) [B]Countermark:[/B] Found only one countermarked Sillyon but not a chelys. This countermark similar to those found on Bithynia Æs for Prusias "cf. SNG von Aulock 6881 (for countermarks)." (CNG Web Shop via acsearch) Finally, a chopped-down, counterstamped (obv. and rev.) follis for Byzantine Sicily: [ATTACH=full]1171055[/ATTACH] [B]Byzantine Empire Æ Follis Heraclius & Her. Constantine (c. 632-641 A.D.) Sicilian Mint Host coin:[/B] Probably cut-down follis of Heraclius? [B]Counterstamp:[/B] Two busts, Heraclius & Her. Constantine / RTh mongram SCs in circle SB 884; DOC II part 1 243. (5.86 grams / 22 x 19 mm) Please share your countermarks. I like looking at them.[/QUOTE]
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