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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 3787126, member: 28550&quot;]I recently picked up this piece from a metal detectorist who was selling several mixed up hoards from the 90s. Most of the coins he had were from Lithuania (c1660s) &amp; Spain (c1636 &amp; 1641 with some glorious counterstamps remonetizing beat up old copper host coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>One ancient jumped out at me though and set off a &quot;bong&quot; in that bell hiding in my hindbrain. I&#039;m not an expert on these counterstamped Roman coins, but it seems that they date mostly to the first and second centuries CE. It&#039;s my understanding that this is because later emperors were less concerned about tying their legitimacy to previous rulers and were happy to melt down coins to reissue lighter / lower purity coinage of their own.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I&#039;m reading these 3 countermarks correctly, this piece is stamped &quot;PRO / BSY / IMP&quot;. Or, &quot;By order of...&quot; &quot;???,&quot; &quot;Emperor&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a quick search of other counterstamped Roman coins though, I&#039;m not seeing &quot;BSY&quot;. Do we have any experts who can help guide me toward which emperor, usurper, or pretender might have used that counterstamp?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also curious about the host coin, but I&#039;ll probably have to measure diameter and weight to have any hope of ID-ing it. Even then, it&#039;s a longshot due to the extremely worn details. And the reverse is pretty much gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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