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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3693841, member: 82322"]Usually the best strategy for finding the host coin is identifying the countermark in Howgego. He lists the cities he knows for each undertype. In this case I couldn't find the countermark in Howgego. Yours has a square border. The examples in Howgego have circular borders, or the eagle is facing a different way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given those legs the figure on the reverse is likely Herakles or Zeus. The figure looks nude. Most mythical figures are clothed on coins. Only a few go nude: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1535597" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1535597" rel="nofollow">Herakles</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4798417" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4798417" rel="nofollow">Dionysos</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=299813" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=299813" rel="nofollow">Zeus</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=175640" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=175640" rel="nofollow">Apollo</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=533870" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=533870" rel="nofollow">Poseidon</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1943579" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1943579" rel="nofollow">“Athlete”</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4033444" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4033444" rel="nofollow">Perseus</a>, Harpocrates, and Marsyas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3693841, member: 82322"]Usually the best strategy for finding the host coin is identifying the countermark in Howgego. He lists the cities he knows for each undertype. In this case I couldn't find the countermark in Howgego. Yours has a square border. The examples in Howgego have circular borders, or the eagle is facing a different way. Given those legs the figure on the reverse is likely Herakles or Zeus. The figure looks nude. Most mythical figures are clothed on coins. Only a few go nude: [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1535597']Herakles[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4798417']Dionysos[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=299813']Zeus[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=175640']Apollo[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=533870']Poseidon[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1943579']“Athlete”[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4033444']Perseus[/URL], Harpocrates, and Marsyas.[/QUOTE]
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