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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3891040, member: 19463&quot;]While not rare, the Akragas Herakles head countermark was applied to worn coins of the eagle, hare / crab, shrimp type.&nbsp; The question is whether you want one with a good strike of the countermark made clear by the undertype being very worn or a hard to decipher countermark that shows the undertype more boldly.&nbsp; We also ask if it makes any difference how the two align with each other and what part of the eagle was flattened by the countermark on the other side.&nbsp; Mine is rather a middle of the road example with more undertype and weaker countermark than many..&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026666[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>without c/m</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026667[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finding nice ones of these will take looking and luck or a bit of cash.&nbsp; Most are worn. </p><p>Compare:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1370213" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1370213" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1370213</a></p><p>and[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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