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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3605023, member: 92212"]Fun discovery! That WAS a hidden c/m! </p><p><br /></p><p>I had a similar experience some years ago. A dealer had listed several quite reasonably priced Ptolemaic bronzes. Looking through many such coins can become a tedious process due to the generally reliable combination of Zeus obverse and eagle reverse. But I just happened to notice something on one of them that led me to buy it immediately. [ATTACH=full]965113[/ATTACH]</p><p>Due to the topic of this thread I'm sure you all detected it right away, but since counter-marks were far from my mind as I was quickly browsing I came a hair's breadth (feather's breadth?) from missing it. The anchor is somewhat hidden in the feathers, and by the fact that the anchor's tilted angle aligns with the slope of the eagle's back. Also, the listing picture did not have adequate lighting and contrast as used in the image above.</p><p><br /></p><p>The presence of a Seleucid c/m on a Ptolemaic bronze adds some cool historical-interest value. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> See Catherine Lorber's work titled, "The Lotus Aphrodite in Ptolemaic Bronzes" for more information.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lesson: Watch out for those sneaky counter-marks! </p><p><br /></p><p>Last but not least:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3605023, member: 92212"]Fun discovery! That WAS a hidden c/m! I had a similar experience some years ago. A dealer had listed several quite reasonably priced Ptolemaic bronzes. Looking through many such coins can become a tedious process due to the generally reliable combination of Zeus obverse and eagle reverse. But I just happened to notice something on one of them that led me to buy it immediately. [ATTACH=full]965113[/ATTACH] Due to the topic of this thread I'm sure you all detected it right away, but since counter-marks were far from my mind as I was quickly browsing I came a hair's breadth (feather's breadth?) from missing it. The anchor is somewhat hidden in the feathers, and by the fact that the anchor's tilted angle aligns with the slope of the eagle's back. Also, the listing picture did not have adequate lighting and contrast as used in the image above. The presence of a Seleucid c/m on a Ptolemaic bronze adds some cool historical-interest value. :) See Catherine Lorber's work titled, "The Lotus Aphrodite in Ptolemaic Bronzes" for more information. Lesson: Watch out for those sneaky counter-marks! Last but not least: [ATTACH=full]965118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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