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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4080372, member: 85693&quot;]I&#039;m beginning to think I&#039;m a masochist.&nbsp; Found this one in a lot - as so often is the case with countermarks, the countermarks look pretty good but the host coin is a disaster.&nbsp; I did a lot of Internet surfing to come up with (only) a wild guess. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two auctions justifying the guess.&nbsp; I was never able to find both Hermes and the star together on the same host.&nbsp; Help, corrections, a hot line to call to get off countermarks and find something <i>prettier</i> to do - all are appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hourmo.eu/27_Reges_Thraciae/Aelis/4198_Aelis_AE.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hourmo.eu/27_Reges_Thraciae/Aelis/4198_Aelis_AE.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hourmo.eu/27_Reges_Thraciae/Aelis/4198_Aelis_AE.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/12/97" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/12/97" rel="nofollow">https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/12/97</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine.&nbsp; Surfaces like the moon:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064301[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064302[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Kingdom of Scythia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 19 </b></p><p><b>Ailios (c. 180-150 B.C.)? </b></p><p>Jugate heads of the Dioskuri r. ?/ [BAΣIΛEΩΣ AIΛIOΣ], jugate foreparts of two horses right.&nbsp; [TK monogram below].</p><p>Draganov 40 (?). </p><p><b>Countermarks:</b>&nbsp; Hermes head in petasos and 8-rayed star, both in 5 mm circles.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>(4.40 grams / 19 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes: </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Attribution is a guess; countermark of Hermes is found on Ailios issues.&nbsp; What little of the host is visible seems a possibility. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tomis, Moesia, or Olbia are other possibilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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