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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8277766, member: 26430&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Oh, just remembered -- here&#039;s another neat countermark. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This one is actually cited (but not illustrated) in Howgego <i>GIC</i> 686 (as Robert 77 = this coin):</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461694[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH]1461696[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1461695[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Provincial. Cilicia, Hierapolis-Castabala. Faustina Junior (Augusta, 147-175 CE) Æ Triassarion</b> (29mm, 10.11 g, 6h). <i>Temp</i>. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 (or Antoninus?).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ. Draped bust right, wearing crescent on forehead. </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: ΙƐΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ. Radiate Helios, otherwise nude, standing left, raising hand and cradling scepter; lighted torch to left; countermark: T in incuse.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4976" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4976" rel="nofollow">RPC (IV) 4976.6 (<i>this coin</i>)</a>; SNG von Aulock 5572 (<i>this coin</i>); SNG Levante 1586 (<i>this coin</i>); Robert 27, pl. XXVI No. 77 (<i>this coin</i>). Countermark: Howgego 686 (<i>this coin cited</i>).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex Edoardo Levanted Collection, #1586; Hans von Aulock Collection, #5572; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8930729" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8930729" rel="nofollow">CNG 504 (2021 Nov 17), Lot 204</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Something else interesting, you can see that the countermark caused it to crack because it was applied opposite the high-relief portrait. Besides being where people look first, another benefit of placing countermarks on the obverse of Roman Provincials is the lower-relief reverse provides a flatter surface for the coin to rest upon while being struck.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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