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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2217523, member: 56859"]From the many similar counterstamped Akragas coins in various archives and per the auction catalogers the countermark is Herakles wearing a lion skin headdress.</p><p><br /></p><p>Images from CNG's archives. The <a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=206183" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=206183" rel="nofollow">third coin</a> shown has an arrangement of value-mark dots similar to Doug's coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/3270352.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/3270351.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/2760019.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/2100003.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/1990017.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/122016.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/3450113.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/660098.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one with a different type of "head right" countermark. The listing description doesn't say anything about who it might be:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/58005.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2217523, member: 56859"]From the many similar counterstamped Akragas coins in various archives and per the auction catalogers the countermark is Herakles wearing a lion skin headdress. Images from CNG's archives. The [URL='http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=206183']third coin[/URL] shown has an arrangement of value-mark dots similar to Doug's coin. [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/3270352.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/3270351.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/2760019.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/2100003.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/1990017.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/122016.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/3450113.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/660098.jpg[/IMG] Here's one with a different type of "head right" countermark. The listing description doesn't say anything about who it might be: [IMG]http://cngcoins.com/photos/small/58005.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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