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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3237957, member: 85693&quot;]Resurrecting another old thread, but it seems appropriate.&nbsp; John Anthony&#039;s OP is interesting to me, because I think I just got an example, and there are others like it all over the place - same rectangular countermark behind Tyche&#039;s head on AE issues from Tarsos.&nbsp; Has anybody found out anything else about this issue?&nbsp; Given the quantities out there, it seems to have been extensive. </p><p><br /></p><p>Alegandron posted a nice one here:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cilicia-tarsos-tyche-and-sandan.282585/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cilicia-tarsos-tyche-and-sandan.282585/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cilicia-tarsos-tyche-and-sandan.282585/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; In this post, pirates are mentioned, which is pretty exciting.&nbsp; Any more information on this? </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is mine.&nbsp; It has a very heavy sand patina which obscures the countermark, so my attribution is a bit provisional.&nbsp; I suppose I could soak out some of the dirt, but I kind of like it the way it is now (and I fear ruining it). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]846930[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]846931[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cilicia, Tarsos&nbsp; Æ22 </b></p><p><b>(After 164 B.C.)</b></p><p>Draped, veiled, and turreted bust of Tyche / TAΡΣEΩN, Zeus seated left on throne, holding scepter; monograms below.</p><p>SNG France 1285-1294 (?).</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Bow case &amp; arrows (?), rectangle (10 x 4 mm)</p><p>(8.12 grams / 22 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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