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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24496308, member: 110226&quot;]Perhaps.&nbsp; I think that the primary reason for their existence was to let other merchants, bankers and other individuals that by placing a character or symbol associated with an individual, that individual was placing his or her mark of approval of the coin&#039;s weight or fineness.&nbsp; It is not unusual to find coins with multiple chopmarks, sometime to the point of nearly obliterating the coin&#039;s design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Countermarks to go back to times of antiquity, as shown with this tetradrachm from the late 5th to mid 4th century BC.&nbsp; In the case of this countermark, the purpose might have been to authorize the coin to circulate in a certain city or region by a local authority - just a theory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Athens, eastern imitation owl, Aramaic &quot;taw&quot; (t) countermark possible.</p><p>16.55 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1552683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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