Ancients => stamp-stamp-stamp!! ... counter-stamp!!

Oh great!! ... another counterstamp coin from stevex6!! (is he collecting counterstamps?!!)

Well, kinda I guess? => I seem to think that they're pretty cool ... plus, who wouldn't like a nice, big, plump 37 mm x 18 gram ancient coin!!? (yum-yum-yummy!!)

=> oh, and how fricken cool are the lil' "NIKE" counterstamps!! (cool)

CILICIA, Ninica-Claudiopolis
Severus Alexander, with Julia Maes, Æ37
AD 222-235
Diameter: 37 mm
Weight: 17.83 grams
Obverse: , draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right; c/m’s: Nike, holding wreath, standing right within oval incuse (3) and six-pointed star
Reverse: Laureate / Draped bust of Maesa right
Reference: SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG Levante Supp. 167 (same obv. die); for c/m’s: Howgego 262 and 451
Other: 6h … Fine, dark green patina.Rare

From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection






... sure, she might be a bit rough lookin' ... but that's the way that I roll!!

 

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Whoo! Counter stamps! You certainly have good taste ma' friend.

 

thanks vlaha

 

Meanwhile ... here are a few more counter-stamps in my collection (I like keeping things all together!!)

 

Cool coins steve! I am envious of the two Byzantine counterstamped folles. Would go great in the early Byzantine sub-collection I am building

 

Ummm, I may be forgetting a couple, but more or less => that's my counterstamp collection ...

... huh, yah maybe I'm a bit "odd", but I really seem to be attracted to these "second-hand" coins!!?



I hope that you guys like 'em too!! (oh => guys, and chicks!!)

 

Once again, an awesome collection!

 

Do I see Sauromates II up there? Nice!

 

Envy....

 

Another great addition. The counterstamps on this new one are fantastic.

 

I have several coins with banker's marks, but I think I only have one with what I would call counterstamps:

THRACE, PANTIKAPAION

 

Ya'll might have seen this before, its one of my fave coins!

 

Thanks for the love, coin-buddies!! (feed-back rocks!!)



=> oh, and great additions!! (please keep 'em comin'!!)

 

They all look great, Jerry, but I think my favorite is the Byzantine with the medieval-style forward-facing king. That's just plain cool.

 

Ummm, do you mean this one, JA?

Heraclius. Æ follies (Countermarks)
610-641 AD
ca. 616/7-621/2
Sicilian mint
Diameter: 29 mm
Weight: 12.77 grams
Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse
Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse
Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882
Other: Brown patina. Overstruck on a follis of Justin I from Constantinople, SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine






yah ... that coin is super-fricken-cool!!

=> but dude, they're "all" super-fricken cool!!

Cheers

 

Why do you think they applied three strikes of the same (Nike) stamp? I have no idea.

 

Yeah, Jerry, that's the one. Love it!

This is just a wild guess Doug, but on the coins I study, Tyche sometimes appears in the guise of Nike as a bone fide reverse design. In fact, on some coins of the Near East, it's difficult to tell the difference between the two when they're in standing pose. Nike gets transformed into a tutelary deity. It's possible that the counterstamps were intended to restrict the coins to a particular city.

If you've got coins in your purse that can or cannot be spent in a particular area, it might make it easier to differentiate between the two if you don't have to go searching every one for a counterstamp. Put two or three stamps on a coin and it becomes easy to recognize at a glance.

How's that for a totally unsubstantiated theory?

 

Better than any idea I had!