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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3199476, member: 85693&quot;]I really like that OP, rrdenarius.&nbsp; Countermarks are fascinating and I have just started accumulating a few myself.&nbsp; No elephants in this post, but here is a Ptolemy from Egypt with a Seleucid anchor countermark on the eagle&#039;s &quot;shoulder&quot; (do eagles have shoulders?).&nbsp; It suffers from an inexpert cleaning among other things.&nbsp; As with many countermarked coins it &quot;tells two stories&quot; - the original Ptolemaic issue and its later Seleucid capture and re-issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827685[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ptolemy VI - Sole Reign Lotus </b></p><p><b>Blossom Series</b></p><p><b>(c. 180-170 B.C.)&nbsp; Æ 24</b></p><p>Diademed head Zeus-Ammon / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; Eagle with wings closed standing left on thunderbolt [EYΔ between legs?] lotus blossom to left.</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Seleucid Anchor Svoronos 1398 (w. countermark)</p><p>(14.00 grams / 24 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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