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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3995934, member: 85693"]Interesting coins. Along the same lines, I recently got a Lysimachos Celtic imitation with a lion on the reverse (a full lion). It was then countermarked for use in Odessos. </p><p><br /></p><p>Exotic as this sounds, these are fairly common for a Greek countermarked issue. I found quite a few auction/sale examples online. The "lion" looks rather like a bear cub, or a dog, or a groundhog. </p><p> [ATTACH=full]1052030[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Eastern Celts Æ 18</b></p><p><b>Lysimachos (Thrace) Imitation</b></p><p><b>Countermarked for Odessos </b></p><p><b>(c. 297-250 B.C.)</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Athena (youth?) right / Blundered legend, lion leaping right, spearhead below. </p><p><b>Countermark:</b> River god (Odessos/Theos Megas) reclining left, Δ below, 9 x 7 mm oval, obv.</p><p>(4.04 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution: </b></p><p>Online sources were confusing to me:</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Müller 61-2 for prototype.</p><p>cf.SNG.Cop.1149ff.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 1153;</p><p>Winterthur 1329[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3995934, member: 85693"]Interesting coins. Along the same lines, I recently got a Lysimachos Celtic imitation with a lion on the reverse (a full lion). It was then countermarked for use in Odessos. Exotic as this sounds, these are fairly common for a Greek countermarked issue. I found quite a few auction/sale examples online. The "lion" looks rather like a bear cub, or a dog, or a groundhog. [ATTACH=full]1052030[/ATTACH] [B]Eastern Celts Æ 18 Lysimachos (Thrace) Imitation Countermarked for Odessos (c. 297-250 B.C.)[/B] Helmeted head of Athena (youth?) right / Blundered legend, lion leaping right, spearhead below. [B]Countermark:[/B] River god (Odessos/Theos Megas) reclining left, Δ below, 9 x 7 mm oval, obv. (4.04 grams / 18 mm) [B]Attribution: [/B] Online sources were confusing to me: Cf. Müller 61-2 for prototype. cf.SNG.Cop.1149ff. SNG Copenhagen 1153; Winterthur 1329[/QUOTE]
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