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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4026617, member: 85693&quot;]I am reviving this old thread because I recently got an example of the OP and spent some time trying to figure it out...and because I am crazy about countermarks. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, I didn&#039;t figure anything out.&nbsp; I will say that this countermark seems to be fairly abundant - I found a couple online.&nbsp; The most notable perhaps being the RPC online version. <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/326466" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/326466" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/326466</a></p><p><br /></p><p>All the ones I found have the countermark neatly applied on the obverse, on the neck of Dionysos, which leads me to believe it is an official issue of some sort. </p><p><br /></p><p>The frustrating thing about Greek countermarks is that unlike Roman Provincials, there is no Howgego to figure out and categorize everything.&nbsp; Professor Howgego, please expand your range!&nbsp; We need you. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine - it is very green and otherwise cruddy, obscuring the reverse (which I think I photographed upside-down - oops).&nbsp; With a lot of squinting and shifting the light source, you can see a lot of the reverse inscription, believe it or not:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058568[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Apameia, Syria&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 21 </b></p><p><b>Year 295 (18-17 B.C.) </b></p><p>Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy /[AΠ]AME[ΩN] THΣ IEΡ[AΣ] KAI AΣYΛOY, thyrsos. Date E9Σ in left field. [X]-P across.</p><p>RPC 4352; Hoover HGC 1425.</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Head of Tyche in 8 mm circle.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>(6.66 grams / 21 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Any others out there?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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