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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8228969, member: 85693&quot;]I really like those grape types.&nbsp; Here are a couple: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446449[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Septimius Severus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(193-211 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Thrace, Philippopolis</b></p><p>AV KAI CEYHΡOC, laureate head right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, bunch of grapes on small stem.</p><p>Varbanov 1261; SNG Cop 777; Moushmov 5254.</p><p>(4.43 grams / 17 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is kind of hard to see - a bunch of grapes countermark.&nbsp; This is actually fairly common, for a countermark.&nbsp; The ones I&#039;ve seen all have the dolphin countermark on the reverse: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446448[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Byzantion&nbsp; Æ 19</b></p><p><b>(c. 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.)</b></p><p>Demeter head veiled right / <b>YZAN[TIΩN], cornucopia, [EΠI M]ENEK[P].&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><b>Countermarks:</b>&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><b>Obv.:</b>&nbsp; Grapes w. tendrils forming monogram.</b></p><p><b><b>Rev.:</b>&nbsp; Dolphin in 9 mm circle.</b></p><p><b>Host:&nbsp; SNG BM Black Sea 68.</b></p><p><b>CM:&nbsp; SNG BM Black Sea 69.</b></p><p><b>(10.97 grams / 19 mm)</b></p><p><b>eBay June 2019 </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Here it is enhanced (grapes countermark obverse, on left):</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1446447[/ATTACH]</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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