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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3600354, member: 91461"]As I was so excited about my new favorite bronze bomber I had posted about this coin before it had actually arrived! Now that it has I am very pleased with it in hand.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]963374[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Alexander III the Great </u></b></p><p>336-323 B.C. AE 20 (19.5 mm, 5.74 g). Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor, ca. 323-310 B.C. Head of Alexander the Great as Hercules right, wearing the lion-skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, bow in bow-case above and club, the weapons of Hercules; torch in field below. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I hadn't noticed the countermark on the reverse from the pics. I thought it was just part of the bow case.</p><p>Here is a pic of it with the countermark circled:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]963376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this just makes me more excited about the coin...but what is the CM?</p><p>I searched AC search and found numerous similar types with CMs, some not even mentioning that the coin has a CM, but no consensus.</p><p>Here are a few images borrowed from them of the type with CM and a description.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/45/5734/5866926.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(listing says c/m: Head of lion right within incuse circle)</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/30/1085/854501.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(listing says c/m: owl(?) standing right, head facing, within circular incuse) </p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/105/3665/3709779.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(listing says c/m: uncertain object (possibly horse's head right) within circular incuse)</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/93/2937/3020023.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(one without CM)</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has any ideas what my countermark might be I'd love to hear those hypothesis. And of course if you have any of these coins I would love to see them or anything else you would like to share![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3600354, member: 91461"]As I was so excited about my new favorite bronze bomber I had posted about this coin before it had actually arrived! Now that it has I am very pleased with it in hand. [ATTACH=full]963374[/ATTACH] [B][U]Alexander III the Great [/U][/B] 336-323 B.C. AE 20 (19.5 mm, 5.74 g). Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor, ca. 323-310 B.C. Head of Alexander the Great as Hercules right, wearing the lion-skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, bow in bow-case above and club, the weapons of Hercules; torch in field below. That said, I hadn't noticed the countermark on the reverse from the pics. I thought it was just part of the bow case. Here is a pic of it with the countermark circled: [ATTACH=full]963376[/ATTACH] Of course this just makes me more excited about the coin...but what is the CM? I searched AC search and found numerous similar types with CMs, some not even mentioning that the coin has a CM, but no consensus. Here are a few images borrowed from them of the type with CM and a description. [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/45/5734/5866926.m.jpg[/IMG] (listing says c/m: Head of lion right within incuse circle) [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/30/1085/854501.m.jpg[/IMG] (listing says c/m: owl(?) standing right, head facing, within circular incuse) [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/105/3665/3709779.m.jpg[/IMG] (listing says c/m: uncertain object (possibly horse's head right) within circular incuse) [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/93/2937/3020023.m.jpg[/IMG] (one without CM) If anyone has any ideas what my countermark might be I'd love to hear those hypothesis. And of course if you have any of these coins I would love to see them or anything else you would like to share![/QUOTE]
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