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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4052954, member: 84744&quot;]I believe this is a Philip V (note the diamond shaped Φ between Pan&#039;s legs):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062052[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062056[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;(No longer my coin.)&nbsp; This is also an Antigonos III issue (according to Furtwängler).&nbsp; Here&#039;s what I wrote about the countermark: &quot;We’re aware of one other example of this very rare countermark on a bronze of Perseus (179-168 BCE), published online by Ed Snible.&nbsp; Byzantion countermarked prows on silver in the late 3rd c. BCE (cf. the Büyükçekmece hoard), and a few Byzantion countermarks (not prows) exist on bronze from the same period (see Stancomb 2007 The Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 167, pp. 25-32).&nbsp; Normally the Byzantion countermarks include an ethnic, although this could be a later product of that city.&nbsp; Another intriguing possibility is that this is a Roman countermark from the Third Macedonian War, which saw the complete subjugation of Greece.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Walter Holt is doing a study of these interesting coins, including the countermarks, so hopefully we will have some new info soon![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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