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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4231881, member: 85693&quot;]Cool coin!&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure quality control was always very high when it came to countermarking, which often seems to have been done in a hurry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just wondering about your attribution.&nbsp; Does that obverse bust looks like a burly Hercules type rather than Demeter? </p><p><br /></p><p>These can be very difficult to attribute - at least for me.&nbsp; That Hermes in petasos countermark looks very much like one I posted a while back looking for info - I had not encountered Kallatis, but I plan on looking into this.&nbsp; Scythia was the closest thing I could come up with. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine - Hermes with a star as well:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1082112[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1082113[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Kingdom of Scythia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 19 </b></p><p><b>Ailios (c. 180-150 B.C.) </b></p><p>Jugate heads of the Dioskuri r. / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ AIΛIOΣ], jugate foreparts of two horses right. [TK monogram below].</p><p>Draganov 40 (?). </p><p><b>Countermarks:</b>&nbsp; Hermes head in petasos and 8-rayed star, both in 5 mm circles.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>(4.40 grams / 19 mm)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Attribution is a guess; countermark of Hermes is found on Ailios issues.&nbsp; What little of the host is visible seems a possibility.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Tomis, Moesia, or Olbia are other possibilities.&nbsp; (Posted on CT Feb. 2020, but nobody responded.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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