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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3208184, member: 19463"]I had noticed that and have no explanation. Mine is missing the head due to the countermark on the other side. The Stratonicaea coins more often have the Hekate reverse but I always wanted one of the Zeus types which I accepted blindly since I have never seen one suggesting anything else. What is really rare on these is one with legible legends detailing the magistrates responsible for the issues. They were made for several years in the Septimius reign but I have not seen a lot written on them. I personally believe we see little on them because so few of them are in a grade that most high end collectors would consider. I would have loved this one but had too many reservations on the 'some' tooling description.</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5283114" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5283114" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5283114</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3208184, member: 19463"]I had noticed that and have no explanation. Mine is missing the head due to the countermark on the other side. The Stratonicaea coins more often have the Hekate reverse but I always wanted one of the Zeus types which I accepted blindly since I have never seen one suggesting anything else. What is really rare on these is one with legible legends detailing the magistrates responsible for the issues. They were made for several years in the Septimius reign but I have not seen a lot written on them. I personally believe we see little on them because so few of them are in a grade that most high end collectors would consider. I would have loved this one but had too many reservations on the 'some' tooling description. [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5283114[/url][/QUOTE]
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