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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4849792, member: 75937"]Fun thread, [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] ! Cool coins! You say you have a fever ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171099[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of my countermarked coins, posted because of <b>s</b>ibilance.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>S</b>everus Alexander from <b>S</b>eleukeia:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-seleukeia-ad-kalykadnon-apollo-and-artemis-countermarked-jpg.832887/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Severus Alexander AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g.</p><p>Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon.</p><p>Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse.</p><p>Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan from <b>S</b>eleucis and Pieria in <b>S</b>yria:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-antioch-ae-jpg.1012512/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h.</p><p>Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD 115-116.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head, right. Countermark: laurel branch in incuse rectangle, Howgego 378 (69 sp.).</p><p>Rev: S·C in laurel wreath; Є below.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616" rel="nofollow">RPC III 3616</a>; cf. BMC 20, p. 185, 286 (with same countermark); Wruck 196; McAlee 489(e).</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan struck for use in <b>S</b>yria:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-dac-parthico-p-m-tr-pot-xx-cos-vi-p-p-as-jpg.876568/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan. A.D. 98-117.</p><p>Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch.</p><p>Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC.</p><p>Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: <a href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" rel="nofollow">Pangerl 63</a>; Howgego 294.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4849792, member: 75937"]Fun thread, [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] ! Cool coins! You say you have a fever ... [ATTACH=full]1171099[/ATTACH] Here are some of my countermarked coins, posted because of [B]s[/B]ibilance. [B]S[/B]everus Alexander from [B]S[/B]eleukeia: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-seleukeia-ad-kalykadnon-apollo-and-artemis-countermarked-jpg.832887/[/IMG] Severus Alexander AD 222-235. Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g. Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon. Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse. Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670. Trajan from [B]S[/B]eleucis and Pieria in [B]S[/B]yria: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-antioch-ae-jpg.1012512/[/IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h. Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD 115-116. Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head, right. Countermark: laurel branch in incuse rectangle, Howgego 378 (69 sp.). Rev: S·C in laurel wreath; Є below. Refs: [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616']RPC III 3616[/URL]; cf. BMC 20, p. 185, 286 (with same countermark); Wruck 196; McAlee 489(e). Trajan struck for use in [B]S[/B]yria: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-dac-parthico-p-m-tr-pot-xx-cos-vi-p-p-as-jpg.876568/[/IMG] Trajan. A.D. 98-117. Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h. Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch. Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC. Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: [URL='http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html']Pangerl 63[/URL]; Howgego 294.[/QUOTE]
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