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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5234618, member: 85693&quot;]I was reading the recent Earthquake Thread and saw Roman Collector&#039;s countermarked Trajan from Antioch: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/december-13th-the-day-the-earth-shook.371511/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/december-13th-the-day-the-earth-shook.371511/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/december-13th-the-day-the-earth-shook.371511/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>RC&#039;s coin originally appeared here in this thread.&nbsp; Since these &quot;laurel branch&quot; countermarks seem a bit scarce, I thought I&#039;d revive this post in order to share&nbsp; my recent catch here.&nbsp; It is not nearly as nice as RC&#039;s, but the countermark was pretty clear, and it was cheap:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan/Hadrian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 27</b></p><p><b>(c. 102-114 A.D. / cm see note)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria, <b>Antiochia ad Orontem&nbsp; </b></b></p><p>[ΑΥΤΟΚΡ] ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑ[ΝΟϹ] ϹΕΒ[ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ] laureate head left / SC within laurel wreath, BI below.</p><p>RPC III 3595; McAlee 487(m).</p><p>(12.98 grams / 27 x 25 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $12.50&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark Notes:</b></p><p>Laurel branch incuse in 5 x 4 mm rectangle, Howgego 378.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>According to Howgego, the laurel branch countermark appears as an undertype on a Bar Kochba bronze, indicating that it was applied prior to 132-135 AD.</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=930871" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=930871" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=930871</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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