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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3336969, member: 74834&quot;]This coins was one of the first I acquired in 2019, a small bronze of Nacrasa, an inland town in Lydia (west-Turkey now). </p><p>I fell for the coiling snake all around the omphalos, a divine stone signifying the navel of the world - the one at Delphi in any case. Maybe Nacrasa had a holy stone with healing powers and this coinage was advertising it. Can you see the tail of the snake left to the N of NAKRASITON on the reverse?</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a countermark on the neck of Hercules, that&#039;s what caused the crack in the coin. Possibly an amphora (according to RPC). Can anybody of you tell me the meaning of the countermark?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883912[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE pseudo-autonomous AD 100-150. Nacrasa, Lydia, Marcus Junianus, strategos. Obv. Bearded divine hero Heracles t.r. EΠI CTΡA MAΡ IOYNIANOY. Countermark on neck: amphora? Rev. Snake coiling all around omphalos NAKΡA/CITΩN. 15 mm, 2.58 gr. BMC 7; RPC III 1812 (14 pcs, 7 with countermark). Nacrasa (Nakrasa) near Kirkagach in West-Turkey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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