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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2400502, member: 19463&quot;]Every countermark probably had a meaning to someone.&nbsp; The anchor is a common sign of the Seleucids so it is easy to guess this mark certified the coin for circulation in lands controlled by the Seleucids.&nbsp; Proving that will be a lot harder.&nbsp; Almost nothing survives telling us that coins were countermarked for any use or any meaning so we put forth our best guesses.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the bull inscribed Ba&#039;al below means the coin was certified for use in a temple of Ba&#039;al.&nbsp; I said &#039;guess&#039;.&nbsp; You can guess something else.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]494599[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Most likely correct is the guess that this barbarous and underweight unofficial sestertius of Claudius was certified for continued circulation as a dupondius (half a sestertius).&nbsp; The countermark is DV.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]494600[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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