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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ro1974, post: 2874066, member: 73358&quot;]nice countermark/ looks like a butterfly[ATTACH=full]687657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus helios countermark/ sestertius</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helios</p><p>Early Augustan Sestertius: Radiate head of Helios r.; std. lunar deity with crescent above head</p><p>Also referred to as a &#039;nailed helmet&#039;. Sometimes this &#039;radiate&#039; head is found struck twice on examples of Augustan sestertii and, occasionally, it is found paired with this standing lunar diety. This latter type should make the &#039;Helios&#039; designation of the other countermark a certainty. Countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 65.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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