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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2272324, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, this is another sweetie that called loudly to me during today&#039;s CNG auction ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; caw-caw!! ... caw-caw!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>Artemis-stamped-over-Artemis</b> and an <b>Eagle-stamped-over-an-eagle!!</b> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">TROAS, Abydos. Æ23 Countermarked issue</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Circa 4th-3rd century BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 23 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 7.98 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Turreted bust of Artemis right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: ABY, eagle standing right, head left</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: SNG Copenhagen 40 for countermark; SNG Copenhagen 38 and SNG Ashmolean 988-9 for undertype</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 12h … VF, brown patina</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">The undertype is a bust of Artemis facing slightly right, wearing mural crown / Eagle standing right, wings displayed</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]452844[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452846[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]452845[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]452847[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, the </span><b><span style="color: #660000">&quot;brown counterstamped&quot; </span></b><span style="color: #0000ff">version is my sweet new purchase ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; the cool </span><b><span style="color: #006600">&quot;green untouched&quot;</span></b><span style="color: #0000ff"> version is not my coin &quot;YET&quot;!! </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">(I merely added the under-coin to illustrate what is going on with my amazing new counter-stamped addition)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I hope that you dudes find this baby as interesting as I do ... cheers, gang!!</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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