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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3943977, member: 75937&quot;]This countermark turns this coin from a run-of-the-mill SC reverse type of Antioch into an interesting historical puzzle.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-antioch-ae-jpg.1015886/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 26.3 mm, 15.83 g, 1 h.</p><p>Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, late AD 115 to early 116.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head, right. Countermark: laurel branch in incuse rectangle, Howgego 378 (69 sp.).</p><p>Rev: S·C in laurel wreath; Є below.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616" rel="nofollow">RPC III 3616</a>; cf. BMC 20, p. 185, 286 (with same countermark); Wruck 196; McAlee 489(e).</p><p>Notes: According to <a href="http://www.romancoins.info/CMK-later.html#laureate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/CMK-later.html#laureate" rel="nofollow">Romancoins.info</a>, this is one of a group of countermarks on eastern provincial coins with possible links to the legionary administration of the eastern frontier towards Persia. The countermark was applied before A.D. 132-135. Reverse die-match to the RPC III plate coin (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).</p><p><br /></p><p>Next -- laurel branch not used as a ruler&#039;s crown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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