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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8276292, member: 26430&quot;]By the way, here&#039;s a fun countermark I haven&#039;t posted anywhere else yet. When adding to my countermark collection I usually go for Roman Imperial or Roman Provincial since there is more research and more of them have been cataloged/published, but sometimes I love how artistic (and big!) Greek countermarks can be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate that it was skillfully applied so as to preserve the Herakles and give two obverse images!</p><p><br /></p><p>First, horizontal, emphasizing dolphin countermark (Lanz 111, 587):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461245[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, vertical (12h), emphasizing the host coin / Herakles (<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=45533" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=45533" rel="nofollow">CNG EA 499 Lot 169</a>):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461246[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><font face="Book Antiqua"><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=115088" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=115088" rel="nofollow">BCD Euboia 587</a> (<i>this coin</i>)</font></b></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><b>EUBOIA, Karystos. </b>3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (18mm, 3.28 g, 11h).</font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><b>Obv:</b> Herakles right; c/m: dolphin in incuse circle </font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><b>Rev: </b>KA (MAKT monogram?), Head of bull; monogram to right.</font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><b>Ref</b>: BCD Euboia 587 (<i>this coin</i>); <b>Add. Refs. for Host Coin</b>: HGC 4, 1561; McClean 5662; BMC 19 (pl. XIX, 3); SNG Cop 421; McClean 5660 (pl. 203, 21); BCD Euboia 586; and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=131984" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=131984" rel="nofollow">Lanz 114 (BCD Eub Supp), 165</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><b>Prov</b>: CNG <a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-3CQW0H/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-3CQW0H/" rel="nofollow">e-Auction 499 (1 September 2021), Lot 169</a>; BCD Collection; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=115088" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=115088" rel="nofollow">Lanz 111 (25 November 2002), lot 587</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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