Countermarks are welcome

This is mine countermark: i dont know much about this coin.

Emperor period:AUGUSTUS.
Year:27 BC-14 AD.

munt:Æ Sestertius
gewicht; 33 mm , 21,8 g

City:Rome mint.
Struck 16 BC.

OB Ti. Sempronius Graccus, moneyer.
REV: Legend in three lines within oak-wreath flanked by two laurel branches

Large S C; countermarks: radiate head right and Lunar goddess(?) standing left.

Helios
Early Augustan Sestertius: Radiate head of Helios r.; std. lunar deity with crescent above head
Also referred to as a 'nailed helmet'. Sometimes this 'radiate' head is found struck twice on examples of Augustan sestertii and, occasionally, it is found paired with this standing lunar diety. This latter type should make the 'Helios' designation of the other countermark a certainty. Countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 65.

bron info:http://www.romancoins.info/countermark-Richard-Baker.html

 

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I don't have any coins with countermarks. I know Steve does. Love your example ro.

 

Hey bing ty for reaction, i found another one from the same type.

 

oh neat, those are some cool countermarks on that coin RO. the web page you listed is very nice, that one is in my bookmarks. if you guys don't know it, check it out.

here is one of my given to me by a coin buddy, not the best photography on my part...

to the left are two helmet countermarks.



on the reverse is a dolphin

 

This is a helpful resource.

 

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Hadrian. Æ As
Reference.
BMC Galatia 296, p186; var (without countermark) McAlee 536e; for c/m: Howgego 378 ( According to Howgego, the laurel branch countermark appears as an undertype on a Bar Kochba bronze, indicating that it was applied prior to AD 132-135.)

Obv. TP.Π . ΥΙ.ΘΝΕΡ.ΥΙω.ΤΡ.ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟCCEΒ
Laureate and cuirassed bust right

Rev. S • C
H below; all within laurel wreath Countermark Laurel-branch

15.85 gr
27 mm

 

SYRIA Laodicea ad Mare Antoninus Pius AE 24 Thyce
Reference.
BMC Greek (Galatia) 74.p256 var. "Counterstrike"

Obv. AYT KAI AI ADRI ANTWNEINOC CEB EY
Laureate head left with countermark of laureate imperial head.

Rev. IOVΛΙΕΩΝΤΩΝ ΚΑΙΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ (IOULIEONTON KAILAODIKEON)
Inscription.
ΘΟΕ (THOE)
Bust of Tyche of Laodicea, right, wearing turreted headdress and bunches of grapes.

8.17 gr
24 mm

 

very cool example, ro1974 (oh, and others!!)

Bing is correct ...

=> I have a few examples as well ...

Running King (with Banker's mark)


Cilicia Tarsos (Radiate head of Helios countermark)


Lycia Phaselis revision of Alex III (Seleukid anchor countermark)


Obverse c/m (Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse)
Reverse c/m (SCLs within circular incuse)


Kings of Bosporus
c/m: laureate head of Septimius Severus right, within circular incuse


Kings of Numidia
counterstamp of the head of Ammon


Pamphylia Gallienus
c/m of Є within circular incuse


Tiberius
countermark of bull rushing right on Tiberius' neck
countermark of eagle's head on bull


Seleukid Kingdom Antiochos !
c/m: anchor


Syracuse Heraclius c/m

 

Kings of the Bosporus Sauromates II Æ26 Athena
Date: 174-210 AD
Size: 26.6 mm
Weight: 9.55 grams
Obverse: Diademed bust right
Reverse: Athena seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand. Counterstamp of the bust of Septimius Severus
Reference: SNG 67-68




... apparently I had one more straggler

 

Stevex6, that is a fantastic countermark of SS!
Here is one of my favorite countermarked coins. The stamp isn't much to look at but the history behind it is great.

Valerius Gratus Prutah With Countermark of Cohors II Italica

JUDAEA, Roman Administration. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Prutah (14mm, 1.72 g). Struck under Valerius Gratus, praefectus Iudaeae. Dated RY 5 (18/9 CE).
O: Unstruck [TIB/ KAI/CAP within wreath] Round countermark, palm branch flanked by the letters C and Π.
R: Upright palm branch; IOY ΛIA (Julia) and L Є (date, year 5 = 18/19 AD) across field.
- Meshorer 328 var.; Hendin 1339; RPC I 4965.

These countermarks are always applied to the edges of the coins.

According to Lönnqvist, (New Vistas on the Countermarked Coins of the Roman Prefects of Judaea) the countermarked coins of Gratus were probably struck in Jerusalem, 36/7 CE, to endorse them as pay for the Roman soldiers. (Meshorer notes that perhaps the countermarked coins became tokens for special purposes, e.g., receipt of equipment or for services in a Roman army camp.)

Lönnqvist also convincingly argues that the C and Π on the countermark stand for the word σπεîρα, referring to the cohort of soldiers that were apparently in Judea.

He notes, “An interesting account in the New Testament has remained until now unverified, since the passage has not been supported by any other sources. The Act of the Apostles 10:1 mention an officer and a cohort, ‘Cornelius, a centurion of a cohort being called Italian…’.

This unit, thus, was comprised of Roman citizens. The passage suggests that the unit was the cohors Italica civium Romanorum, probably a detachment of one of the imperial legions stationed nearby, perhaps in Syria… I may suggest that the Italian cohort recorded in Acts is, in fact, the cohors II Italica, which, consequently, had been the detachment which applied the countermarks on the coins of the Roman prefects of Judaea… This new evidence… lends strong support to the credibility of the New Testament on this point.

 

Interesting Nemo. Thanks.

 

Chionite Huns, Tokaristan Drachm Peroz Imitation, Multiple counterstamps, c. 6-7th century AD.

 

Domitian, Roman Empire (revalued under the Ostrogothic Kingdom)
AE As/42 nummi
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIAN COS II, laureate head left, countermark XLII (42) in left field
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVST, Victory advancing right, standing on prow, holding wreath and palm branch, S-C across fields
Mint: Rome (struck 73-74 AD; revalued 498-526 AD)
Ref: RIC 677

 

Thanks for the reaction and the great coins

 

new camera, making a new one

 

I'm curious about my c/m's on Claudius. The DV is a barbarous sestertius copy accepted for circulation as a DUpondius. This is a mark you should not be able to find on a nice coin.

What is the meaning of AD on an as?

Nero Claudius Drusus by Claudius sestertius with Nero c/m (NCAPR).

 

Those are some fine counter marks!

I hope to get one of my own someday.

Thanks for sharing.

Erin

 

VasuDeva of Zabulistan Turko-Hephthalite
Hunnic Afghanistan after AD 685
Afghanistan, Kabul
AR Drachm Senmerv Crown Type. Tri-lingual.
Nezak (Nspk) Huns Kingdom of Zabul
Vakhu (Vasu)-Deva, Sub-ruler of Shahi Tigin
Circa 720-738 AD
Ref. Gobl Hunnen Em. 244
31.8 mm x 3.28g.
Die position=12h
Obverse: Bust of Vasu Deva right in Persian style. Bull head above crown ; 'thunderbolt' countermark, Gold plug . Brahmi legend in field. Cursive Bactrian Greek Legend around.
Reverse: Zoroastrian fire altar and attendants. Pahlavi legend in fields, Cursive Bactrian Greek Legend around.
Note: Countermarked. Holed. Gold Plugged in antiquity.

 

Doug: Nice coins. I would be interested ijn the answer to the "AD" and the "NCAPR" counterstamps.

 

A recent purchase at the NYINC show: an early Elis stater (minted for the 78th ancient Olympics) with a myriad of countermarks: