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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 4124209, member: 41219&quot;]Recently, [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] made a thread about a very generous gift he had received from fellow forum member [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER].&nbsp; FFIVN and I perused and oogled all the great coins and I made an off-hand comment about a cool counter-stamped coin that he had posted. I didn&#039;t think much of it, just wanted to comment on an interesting coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well imagine my surprise when he sent a message offering to send FFIVN and I our first counterstamped coin. He provided a few links for us to study and learn from and we received the package on Wednesday. We didn&#039;t get to open it until Thursday but we were amazed at what was inside. Not just 1 counterstamped coin, but several! And a few beautiful non-stamped coins as well!</p><p><br /></p><p>We have had a blast the last few days identifying the non-stamped coins and reading and working to identify the counterstamps. We still have a long way to go with learning about counterstamps but thanks to [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER], we have opened up a whole new avenue of ancients collection. We are looking forward to learning more and will be on the lookout for counterstamps when we go to our next coin show in March!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, to the part you all really came for...the coins! It has been rainy and cloudy up until yesterday afternoon so I wasn&#039;t able to take pictures until then. The non-counterstamps were identified by both FFIVN and myself but the counterstamp identifications are the ones that came with the coins. We have a long way to go before we can identify them ourselves!</p><p><br /></p><p>First, the non-countermarked coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>This big boy has a beautiful portrait of Antoninus Pius</p><p>Antoninus Pius</p><p>AE Sestertius</p><p>AD 155-156</p><p>Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP IMP II, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder </p><p>Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, S-C across fields, Providentia, draped, standing left, pointing with right hand at large globe at her feet and holding vertical sceptre in left</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068678[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A small but thick Alexander III</p><p>Alexander III </p><p>ca 325-310 BC</p><p>Obverse: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; B A between bow in case and club</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068679[/ATTACH] </p><p>AJudean coin with links to the Bible</p><p>Herod Agrippa I </p><p>AD 37-43 </p><p>and Pontius Pilate, Roman Procurator</p><p>Obverse: ΒΑCΙΛЄWC ΑΓΡΙΠΑ Fringed parasol </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; Three grain ears and regnal date</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068680[/ATTACH] </p><p>A nice portrait of a not-so-nice Emperor.</p><p>Commodus </p><p>AE Sestertius </p><p>188 AD</p><p>Obverse: M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head right </p><p>Reverse: P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C, FOR RED in ex, Fortuna seated left holding cornucopiae &amp; rudder on a globe</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068681[/ATTACH] </p><p>Our first coin with Mercury on it!</p><p>Gallienus, Sole reign</p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Antioch mint</p><p>AD 264</p><p>Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right </p><p>Reverse: FIDES AVG, Mercury standing left, holding purse and caduceus</p><p>PXV in exergue</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068682[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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