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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4639273, member: 85693&quot;]A very informative write-up, Jochen1. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a countermark on a Macedonian drachm from Byzantion using an archaic spelling of &quot;BY&quot; for used during a time of troubles with the Gauls:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146569[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Byzantion Drachm</b></p><p><b>CM on Macedonian</b> <b>Kingdom <b>Philip III Arrhidaios drachm</b></b></p><p><b>Kolophon? (c. 323-319 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Countermark:&nbsp; 280-225 B.C.</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin. / FILIPPOU Zeus seated left, monogram (?) left.</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; ΠU over prow.</p><p>SCGV 1585 (countermark)</p><p>(4.00 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>This BY over prow countermark, along with a nearly identical (one) using an archaic form of B resembling Π, was used at Byzantium.</p><p><br /></p><p>David Sear notes, &quot;at this time [after c. 280 B.C.], the Byzantines were subject to continual threats by Gaulish invaders, who were bought off by the payment of huge annual tributes. The impoverished city had to resort to countermarking foreign coins in place of a proper currency.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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