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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7914738, member: 85693&quot;]Nice Capricorns so far - I hope they keep showing up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Capricorn countermark for Parium: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367157[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Claudius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 16</b></p><p><b>Macedon, Philippi / </b></p><p><b>CM for Mysia, Parium</b></p><p><b>(c. 41-54 A.D.)</b></p><p>[TICLAV-AVG], bare head left / Two priests plowing right.</p><p>RPC I 1660 ; SNG BN 1458</p><p>(3.29 grams / 15 mm)</p><p><b>Countermark: </b> Capricorn in 3 mm square, obv.</p><p>Howgego 303 (16 pcs) (Parium).</p><p>eBay May 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $6.50</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:&nbsp; </b>&quot;Howgego notes the capricorn was a standard type for Parium. The capricorn was a symbol of Augustus and was probably adopted as a symbol of the city after a Augustan refoundation of the colonia.&nbsp; Howgego notes that the Capricorn countermarks on the colonist plowing types may have indicated a devaluation of the coins.&quot; FORVM listing</p><p>Somewhat confusing information online; some say host coin is from Philippi, with countermark for Parium.&nbsp; Some say host is from Parium with no reference to Philippi whatsoever.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another Capricorn countermark, which I have not been able to identify, as the host coin has some issues <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367159[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Roman Provincial?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 19</b></p><p><b>c. 1st Century A.D.?</b></p><p>Host coin worn slick.</p><p>Unidentified. </p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Capricorn in 6 mm circle. </p><p>Possibly for Augustus? Unidentified.</p><p>(4.04 grams / 19 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a bit odd - Philip I sestertius with Tranquillitas holding some creature that many interpret as being a Capricorn.&nbsp; I have two of them:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367177[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b> [ATTACH=full]1367174[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Philip I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(248 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / TRANQVILLITAS AVGG SC, Tranquillitas standing l., holding Capricorn (?) and sceptre.</p><p>RIC 156; Sear 9019; Cohen 224.</p><p>(15.61 grams / 27 x 24 mm)</p><p>(15.30 grams / 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my only other Capricorn, on a small AE from Tabae in Caria.&nbsp; The obverse figure was described by one source I found as having &quot;Flavian features&quot;(Numismatik Naumann Auction 51 Auction date: 5 March 2017 Lot number: 357):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367168[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caria, Tabae&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>Pseudo-autonomous</b></p><p><b>(time of Domitian, 81-96 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Orthrios, priest (or Orthrios Hieron, magistrate).</b></p><p>ΔHMOC [TABHNΩ]N, Laureate head of Demos right, with Flavian features / ΔIA OP IЄ, Capricorn right.&nbsp; </p><p>RPC II 1257; SNG Copen. 542-3; BMC 41-3.</p><p>(2.65 grams / 17 mm )</p><p>eBay Oct. 2017[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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