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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4849727, member: 96898"]Interesting countermarks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a rather shabby Thessalian AE from Metropolis that I'm keeping only for the eagle countermark on the obverse. The type is often found with that countermark (see BCD Thessaly II, lot 483.1–3). Its significance is not certain but there might be some interesting historical background: "A suggestion has been made that this countermark could reflect a Ptolemaic involvement in the affairs of mainland Greece during the reign of Ptolemy III" (Yannis Stoyas: Wheat-Ears and Owls. Remarks on Thessalian Coins with Countermarks (2019), p. 64).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171063[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Metropolis, AE 21, ca. 300–190 BC. Obv: head of Apollo, laureate, r. (countermark: eagle standing r.). Rev: ΜΗ[ΤΡΟΠ]ΟΛΙΤΩΝ; forepart of man-headed bull left, head r. 21mm, 6.59g. Ref: BMC 3; Sear Greek 2152; SNG Copenhagen 175. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4849727, member: 96898"]Interesting countermarks! Here is a rather shabby Thessalian AE from Metropolis that I'm keeping only for the eagle countermark on the obverse. The type is often found with that countermark (see BCD Thessaly II, lot 483.1–3). Its significance is not certain but there might be some interesting historical background: "A suggestion has been made that this countermark could reflect a Ptolemaic involvement in the affairs of mainland Greece during the reign of Ptolemy III" (Yannis Stoyas: Wheat-Ears and Owls. Remarks on Thessalian Coins with Countermarks (2019), p. 64). [ATTACH=full]1171063[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Thessaly, Metropolis, AE 21, ca. 300–190 BC. Obv: head of Apollo, laureate, r. (countermark: eagle standing r.). Rev: ΜΗ[ΤΡΟΠ]ΟΛΙΤΩΝ; forepart of man-headed bull left, head r. 21mm, 6.59g. Ref: BMC 3; Sear Greek 2152; SNG Copenhagen 175. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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