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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2391231, member: 9204&quot;]Carthago, does Crawford have anything useful to say about banker&#039;s marks?</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a very, very few Roman tesserae that have what are clearly proper countermarks, but there&#039;s also a few that have what more closely resemble what we usually call banker&#039;s marks. I&#039;m tentatively calling them countermarks because they clearly don&#039;t fit the bill for checking metal purity. This one has &#039;VI&#039; stamped to the lower left on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_00002x00~3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (19mm, 3.23 g, 12h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Charioteer driving quadriga right, raising whip in right hand</p> <p style="text-align: center">Palm frond; c/m: VI</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostovtsev 722; Rostovsev &amp; Prou 156; Kircheriano 1169-70; BM 1389-90; Milan 127. Countermark unlisted</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex Artcoins Roma 23 (17 February 2015), lot 584</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>In contrast, countermarks are a bit more normal on tesserae from Asia Minor.</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/00002x00~4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>IONIA, Ephesos. <i>Marchos, grammateus of the Boule.</i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (18mm, 8.88 g)</p> <p style="text-align: center">MAR ΓP BOV, composite head of Silenos facing right and young horned Pan facing left; c/m: bird (stork?) standing right</p> <p style="text-align: center">Blank</p> <p style="text-align: center">Gülbay &amp; Kireç –; Vossen 42 (this coin)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex Tom Vossen Collection, 42</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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