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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7981522, member: 85693&quot;]This is a terrific write-up [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] - very informative. </p><p><br /></p><p>A while back I got a scruffy little Provincial from Perge that I am not entirely sure of - Artemis on the reverse, for Marcus Aurelius (I think):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385082[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius Æ 13</b></p><p><b>Pamphylia, Perge</b></p><p><b>(c. 161-180 A.D.)</b></p><p>[ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΑVΡ] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοc laureate, cuirassed bust right /&nbsp; ΠƐ[ΡΓΑΙ]ΩΝ, female figure (Artemis?) standing, facing, head l., holding uncertain objects (bow and arrow?)</p><p>RPC IV.3, 10492 (temporary)?</p><p>(1.89 grams / 13 mm)</p><p>eBay April 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $1.24</p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>There are several types from Perge with Artemis standing facing, holding things.</p><p>This one seems to match the RPC 10492 example, but that weighs 5.09 grams.</p><p>RPC 10659 is a Wildwinds specimen at 2.87 grams, but goddess facing right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Perge Artemis, with a countermark:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385084[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 24</b></p><p><b>Pamphylia, Perge</b></p><p><b>(c. 218-222 A.D. )</b></p><p>ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ], laureate, draped &amp; cuir. bust right / ΠƐΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis standing holding bow and arrow.</p><p>RPC VI, 6122 (temporary);</p><p>SNG France 448–9 (as Caracalla)</p><p><b>Countermark:</b> See reverse.&nbsp; </p><p>(6.89 grams / 24 x 22 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2020 </p><p><b>Countermark:</b></p><p>A.K. in rectangle 5 x 3 mm. Howgego 513 (43 pcs).</p><p>&quot;Note: Countermark (2 - A.K.) was applied earlier than (1 - eagle)</p><p>...countermark (2 - A.K.) is not found on coins struck later than.. Elagabalus.&quot;</p><p>FORVM Collection Automan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Perge AK countermark, but no Artemis - rather the River God Cestrus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385086[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 25</b></p><p><b>Pamphylia, Perge</b></p><p><b>(c. 193-211 A.D. ?)</b></p><p>[AVT] K Λ CЄ&nbsp; CЄOVHPOC, laureate head rt. / ΠЄPΓAIΩN&nbsp; River god Cestrus reclining left, on amphora gushing water, holding reed and cornucopia.</p><p>BMC 34</p><p>(8.63 grams / 25 mm)</p><p>eBay April 2019 </p><p><b>Countermarks:</b></p><p><b>(1): </b> Eagle facing, in oval, 4 x 5 mm. Howg. 334 (50 pcs).</p><p><b>(2):</b>&nbsp; A.K. in rectangle 5 x 3 mm. Howgego 513 (43 pcs).</p><p>&quot;Note: Countermark (2) was applied earlier than (1)... countermark (2) is not found on coins struck later than..Elagab.&quot;</p><p>FORVM Collection Automan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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