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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8223195, member: 110226&quot;]One more possibility regarding the countermark is that it is a Nagari &quot;tha&quot;, stamped on the owl in the first-second century AD, when that script was developed.&nbsp; These coins circulated widely and were imitated in Bactria and India, although I have not seen a documented Indian imitation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My theory is that these coins were exchanged centuries after their minting.&nbsp; A possible scenario is that this coin eventually ended up in or near India, and that at some point this character was stamped on the coin, by a merchant or even by a local authority to assign a value while it circulated within the jurisdiction.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I did look at various ancient eastern languages last night, and the match in the OP is still the closest that I can find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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