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<p>[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 3692373, member: 104887"]Hi folks,</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect coins of Ptolemaic Egypt. I bought this coin as part of a group lot of variously countermarked coins. My experience tells me the countermark is Ptolemaic but I am struggling with identifying the host coin type.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]989493[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>OBV: Athena in Corinthian helmet facing right. No border visible. Countermark: Ptolemaic eagle wings closed, facing right, standing on thunderbolt in incuse square. </p><p>REV: Standing figure facing left. Drapery fold in left field. Legend: [xxx]YS (?). No border visible. </p><p><br /></p><p>My question is simply: can you tell me what the undertype of the coin shown might be? My best guess, which does not count for much, would be a Seleucid host coin. Some Seleucid AEs are known to sport Ptolemaic countermarks. As an example, see Newell's 'Western Seleucid mints' plate xlix, #11 (described on page 223 as a case of Antiochus II coins showing Ptolemaic countermarking as a result of the occupation of Tarsus by the Egyptian forces).</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had to guess I would start with Seleucus II (ref SC vol1, #660.2c). See the second coin at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-seleukids.278705/page-5" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-seleukids.278705/page-5">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-seleukids.278705/page-5</a> . </p><p>What bothers me about that guess is the lack of apparent drapery in the left field and it is heavier. That coin is from Sardes and 17x18mm, 4.71g.</p><p>OBV: Helmeted bust of Athena right.</p><p>REV: Apollo Delphios standing right, holding arrow, leaning on tripod. Monograms to outer left and outer right. BASI/\EWS SE/\EYKOY.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any help you can give.</p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 3692373, member: 104887"]Hi folks, I collect coins of Ptolemaic Egypt. I bought this coin as part of a group lot of variously countermarked coins. My experience tells me the countermark is Ptolemaic but I am struggling with identifying the host coin type. [ATTACH=full]989493[/ATTACH] OBV: Athena in Corinthian helmet facing right. No border visible. Countermark: Ptolemaic eagle wings closed, facing right, standing on thunderbolt in incuse square. REV: Standing figure facing left. Drapery fold in left field. Legend: [xxx]YS (?). No border visible. My question is simply: can you tell me what the undertype of the coin shown might be? My best guess, which does not count for much, would be a Seleucid host coin. Some Seleucid AEs are known to sport Ptolemaic countermarks. As an example, see Newell's 'Western Seleucid mints' plate xlix, #11 (described on page 223 as a case of Antiochus II coins showing Ptolemaic countermarking as a result of the occupation of Tarsus by the Egyptian forces). If I had to guess I would start with Seleucus II (ref SC vol1, #660.2c). See the second coin at [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-seleukids.278705/page-5[/URL] . What bothers me about that guess is the lack of apparent drapery in the left field and it is heavier. That coin is from Sardes and 17x18mm, 4.71g. OBV: Helmeted bust of Athena right. REV: Apollo Delphios standing right, holding arrow, leaning on tripod. Monograms to outer left and outer right. BASI/\EWS SE/\EYKOY. Thanks for any help you can give. - Broucheion[/QUOTE]
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