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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3574028, member: 75937&quot;]I only have a few countermarked coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Iotape Philadelphus was the wife, sister, and cousin of Antiochus IV. Oh, the irony! <i>Philadelphus</i> is the Latinized form of the ancient Greek <i>Philadelphos </i>(Φιλάδελφος) meaning &quot;brother-loving.&quot; This coin issued by the hyper-incestuous family has a countermark I&#039;ve been unable to identify. It&#039;s not in Howgego.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/iotape-commagene-jpg.747353/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Iotape, Queen of Commagene AD 38 - 72</p><p>AE diassarion, 23.4 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h</p><p>Syria, Commagene, Samosata mint</p><p>Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΙΩΤΑΠΗ ΦΙΛΑ∆ΕΛΦΟΣ, diademed and draped bust of Iotape, right; countermark: anchor?</p><p>Rev: ΚΟΜΜΑΓ−ΗИΩИ, scorpion and inscription all within laurel wreath</p><p>Refs: Lindgren-Kovacs 1887; RPC I 3858; BMC Galatia p. 109, 4; Nercessian AC --; SNG Cop VII 5; similar to Sear GIC 5514 (which has lunate sigmas in the inscription).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a better image of the countermark:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/iotape-detail-jpg.747359/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This &quot;brass as&quot; of Trajan has a countermark:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-dac-parthico-p-m-tr-pot-xx-cos-vi-p-p-as-jpg.876568/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan. A.D. 98-117.</p><p>Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch.</p><p>Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC.</p><p>Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: <a href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" rel="nofollow">Pangerl 63</a>; Howgego 294.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I think this is the only other one in my collection: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-seleukeia-ad-kalykadnon-apollo-and-artemis-countermarked-jpg.832887/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Severus Alexander AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g.</p><p>Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon.</p><p>Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse.</p><p>Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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