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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2390739, member: 25357&quot;]Hi all!&nbsp; It&#039;s been a while since I posted here.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been lurking the past couple of days though, and it&#039;s great to see the same faces and some new ones posting about and enjoying the wonderful hobby of ancient coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>As I was paging through my ancient collection this week, I came across this Marc Antony legionary denarius.&nbsp; I noticed the punch mark on it, and got to wondering what it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the punch above the praetorian war galley that vaguely resembles an American Indian thunderbird&nbsp; symbol considered a countermark or a banker&#039;s mark?&nbsp; What differentiates the two?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a decent description of countermarks on ancient Roman coinage from an ancient collectors club in Los Angeles.</p><p><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lastly, please post your ancient coins with countermarks or banker&#039;s marks.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE TRIUMVIRS&nbsp; </b> </p><p><b>Mark Antony (32-31 BC)</b></p><p>AR Denarius (3.45g, 18mm).</p><p>OBV: ANT AVG above, Praetorian galley right with rowers, III VIR R P C below.</p><p>REV: Legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards (signa), LEG VII across lower field.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]491138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]491139[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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