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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24801612, member: 26430"]I have a countermark (sub)collection. Mostly Roman Provincial, some Greek, some Provincial countermarks on Imperial, one or two Byzantine maybe. I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-latest-ancient.394263/page-25#post-24799285" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-latest-ancient.394263/page-25#post-24799285">posted a handful of new ones</a> in the "Post Your Latest Ancient Thread."</p><p><br /></p><p>I will just go ahead and max out the 10 attachment limit with some favorites...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My countermark collection also overlaps with my <i><b>"bibliographic collection of ancient coins (old collections & published coins)":</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>My new one would count, a Byzantine Heraclius Follis, 620 CE, overstruck or countermarked (depending on perspective, I guess) on an Anastasius Follis from 498-518 CE. It's the 882 "plate coin" Sear's <i>Byzantine Coins...</i> book:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A few more:</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is cited (but not illustrated) in Howgego's (1985) book, <i>Greek Imperial Countermarks</i>, the most important Roman Provincial countermark reference volume (and published in many other places):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587030[/ATTACH]</p><p>This coin = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4976" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4976" rel="nofollow">RPC (IV) 4976.6</a> = <i>SNG von Aulock</i> 5572 = <i>SNG Levante</i> 1586 = Robert 27, pl. XXVI No. 77 = Howgego 686 (<i>this coin cited</i>) = others...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorites is this dolphin on a Karystos bronze = <i>BCD Euboia 587</i>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587031[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587032[/ATTACH]</p><p>(I have a few other countermark coins from the BCD Collection, including a little Phalanna AE & a Lokri Opuntii from the time of Galba, <i>BCD Lokris-Phokis</i> 157.5 = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/302838" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/302838" rel="nofollow">RPC 1342.14</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like this Tiberius from Commagene that was countermarked twice, probably during the reign of Trajan and possibly by Legions involved in his eastern campaigns (one of them is more or less unpublished, the other is scarce, of a type first <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573598" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573598" rel="nofollow">published by G. Brunk in 1980</a> [see also below]).</p><p><br /></p><p>It comes from the private collection of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli, who is well-known as the important long-time curator of the U.S. National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587036[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several from the notable countermark collection of Richard Baker. He's best known for his Roman Imperial countermarked coinage and published some well-known articles on countermarks, as well as contributing to Andreas Pangerl's "<a href="https://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" rel="nofollow">Museum of Roman Countermarks</a>" (a great introductory resource & research reference):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587022[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But Richard Baker also had a large collection of Greek countermarks. I was happy to get these:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587028[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh -- almost forgot! -- here's one that used to be Doug Smith's. I find it quite humorous that <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2389203/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2389203/">he once wrote of this coin (while still in his collection) that it was "a total junker"</a>! I also have an absolutely wretched countermark coin from <i>BCD Lokris-Phokis</i> (linked above). It's often more interesting to try to understand why a collector chose an unsightly beast of a coin.)</p><p><br /></p><p>His photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>I also have some with no provenance whatsoever that are just "countermark collection":</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I really love this Troas, Alexandria type with about 5 countermarks (3 incuse, 2 in relief), most of which clearly reference Apollo, including in his epithet as Apollo Smintheus or "mice slayer"(!). I love the mouse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587037[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a video showing a bunch of countermarks that I harvested from group lots, many of them uncleaned, mostly about 15 or 20 years ago:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]FuknPcybm6A[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Lastly, if it's not too "meta"...</b></i></p><p>I already mentioned the notable countermark collector/scholar Richard Baker and Howgego's important volume above.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the best-known numismatic countermark scholars was <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n48a07.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n48a07.html" rel="nofollow">Gregory G. Brunk (1949-2020)</a>, who studied modern as well as ancient countermarks, and published many important books and articles.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have any coins he published (that I know of) or from his collection (if he had one) -- but I do have literature from his library!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a dealer's fixed price list of ancient coins from "BoMar Ancient Coins" (Bob & Marian Robbins, Tacoma, Washington), postmarked 26 June 1979.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is addressed to Greg Brunk and was sold a decade later at Katen Auction 68, “<a href="https://archive.org/details/68thpublicmailau00kate/page/14/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/68thpublicmailau00kate/page/14/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Fine Numismatic Literature Consigned by Dr. Gregory B. Brunk, Part II</a>” (14 July 1989), Lot 650 (part of). After another 30 years, I purchased it in a group lot of duplicate sale catalogs from the BCD Library:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587040[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Incidentally, I have another Brunk booklet catalog that was addressed to RBW! Another of my weird collections: 20th century America fixed price-lists addressed to notable numismatists.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24801612, member: 26430"]I have a countermark (sub)collection. Mostly Roman Provincial, some Greek, some Provincial countermarks on Imperial, one or two Byzantine maybe. I [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-latest-ancient.394263/page-25#post-24799285']posted a handful of new ones[/URL] in the "Post Your Latest Ancient Thread." I will just go ahead and max out the 10 attachment limit with some favorites... My countermark collection also overlaps with my [I][B]"bibliographic collection of ancient coins (old collections & published coins)":[/B][/I] My new one would count, a Byzantine Heraclius Follis, 620 CE, overstruck or countermarked (depending on perspective, I guess) on an Anastasius Follis from 498-518 CE. It's the 882 "plate coin" Sear's [I]Byzantine Coins...[/I] book: [ATTACH=full]1587045[/ATTACH] A few more: This coin is cited (but not illustrated) in Howgego's (1985) book, [I]Greek Imperial Countermarks[/I], the most important Roman Provincial countermark reference volume (and published in many other places): [ATTACH=full]1587030[/ATTACH] This coin = [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4976']RPC (IV) 4976.6[/URL] = [I]SNG von Aulock[/I] 5572 = [I]SNG Levante[/I] 1586 = Robert 27, pl. XXVI No. 77 = Howgego 686 ([I]this coin cited[/I]) = others... One of my favorites is this dolphin on a Karystos bronze = [I]BCD Euboia 587[/I]: [ATTACH=full]1587031[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1587032[/ATTACH] (I have a few other countermark coins from the BCD Collection, including a little Phalanna AE & a Lokri Opuntii from the time of Galba, [I]BCD Lokris-Phokis[/I] 157.5 = [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/302838']RPC 1342.14[/URL].) I really like this Tiberius from Commagene that was countermarked twice, probably during the reign of Trajan and possibly by Legions involved in his eastern campaigns (one of them is more or less unpublished, the other is scarce, of a type first [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573598']published by G. Brunk in 1980[/URL] [see also below]). It comes from the private collection of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli, who is well-known as the important long-time curator of the U.S. National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC): [ATTACH=full]1587036[/ATTACH] I have several from the notable countermark collection of Richard Baker. He's best known for his Roman Imperial countermarked coinage and published some well-known articles on countermarks, as well as contributing to Andreas Pangerl's "[URL='https://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html']Museum of Roman Countermarks[/URL]" (a great introductory resource & research reference): [ATTACH=full]1587022[/ATTACH] But Richard Baker also had a large collection of Greek countermarks. I was happy to get these: [ATTACH=full]1587028[/ATTACH] Oh -- almost forgot! -- here's one that used to be Doug Smith's. I find it quite humorous that [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2389203/']he once wrote of this coin (while still in his collection) that it was "a total junker"[/URL]! I also have an absolutely wretched countermark coin from [I]BCD Lokris-Phokis[/I] (linked above). It's often more interesting to try to understand why a collector chose an unsightly beast of a coin.) His photo: [ATTACH=full]1587044[/ATTACH] [I][B]I also have some with no provenance whatsoever that are just "countermark collection":[/B][/I] I really love this Troas, Alexandria type with about 5 countermarks (3 incuse, 2 in relief), most of which clearly reference Apollo, including in his epithet as Apollo Smintheus or "mice slayer"(!). I love the mouse: [ATTACH=full]1587037[/ATTACH] Here's a video showing a bunch of countermarks that I harvested from group lots, many of them uncleaned, mostly about 15 or 20 years ago: [MEDIA=youtube]FuknPcybm6A[/MEDIA] [I][B]Lastly, if it's not too "meta"...[/B][/I] I already mentioned the notable countermark collector/scholar Richard Baker and Howgego's important volume above. One of the best-known numismatic countermark scholars was [URL='https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n48a07.html']Gregory G. Brunk (1949-2020)[/URL], who studied modern as well as ancient countermarks, and published many important books and articles. I don't have any coins he published (that I know of) or from his collection (if he had one) -- but I do have literature from his library! Here is a dealer's fixed price list of ancient coins from "BoMar Ancient Coins" (Bob & Marian Robbins, Tacoma, Washington), postmarked 26 June 1979. It is addressed to Greg Brunk and was sold a decade later at Katen Auction 68, “[URL='https://archive.org/details/68thpublicmailau00kate/page/14/mode/2up']Fine Numismatic Literature Consigned by Dr. Gregory B. Brunk, Part II[/URL]” (14 July 1989), Lot 650 (part of). After another 30 years, I purchased it in a group lot of duplicate sale catalogs from the BCD Library: [ATTACH=full]1587040[/ATTACH] (Incidentally, I have another Brunk booklet catalog that was addressed to RBW! Another of my weird collections: 20th century America fixed price-lists addressed to notable numismatists.)[/QUOTE]
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