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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7435579, member: 99456"]Here are a few more Anatolian countermarks on a siglos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290324[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Persia, Achaemenid Empire</b>, 5th-4th Century BC, AR Siglos, 5.16g, 16x12mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> King with bow left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> incuse (I think it is pure coincidence that it seems to mimic the kings head)</p><p><b>Notes:</b> countermarks on both sides, ex van der Dussen collection, to me this looks like Carradice Type IVa early, but I am can't pinpoint, so I leave it at anywhere from early to late : <b>Artaxerxes I - Darius III, c. 450 - 336 BC</b>. The irregular incuse throws me off a bit and I'm not sure how to factor in the light weight - wear? perhaps style of dagger can help? An excellent resource on these coins at <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Siglos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Siglos" rel="nofollow">NumisWiki</a>. A couple of listed countermarks visible from <a href="https://archive.org/details/cataloguegreekco00brit/page/n141/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/cataloguegreekco00brit/page/n141/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Hill, British Museum</a> including: from the obverse #1, #67</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290345[/ATTACH]</p><p>This one (which I've highlighted) from the reverse, doesn't seem to be listed - although it looks a little like #64:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290333[/ATTACH]and there are a couple of others that I can't associate with any of the listed ones.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next:</b> another countermarked coin of any type[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7435579, member: 99456"]Here are a few more Anatolian countermarks on a siglos: [ATTACH=full]1290324[/ATTACH] [B]Persia, Achaemenid Empire[/B], 5th-4th Century BC, AR Siglos, 5.16g, 16x12mm [B]Obv:[/B] King with bow left [B]Rev:[/B] incuse (I think it is pure coincidence that it seems to mimic the kings head) [B]Notes:[/B] countermarks on both sides, ex van der Dussen collection, to me this looks like Carradice Type IVa early, but I am can't pinpoint, so I leave it at anywhere from early to late : [B]Artaxerxes I - Darius III, c. 450 - 336 BC[/B]. The irregular incuse throws me off a bit and I'm not sure how to factor in the light weight - wear? perhaps style of dagger can help? An excellent resource on these coins at [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Siglos']NumisWiki[/URL]. A couple of listed countermarks visible from [URL='https://archive.org/details/cataloguegreekco00brit/page/n141/mode/2up']Hill, British Museum[/URL] including: from the obverse #1, #67 [ATTACH=full]1290345[/ATTACH] This one (which I've highlighted) from the reverse, doesn't seem to be listed - although it looks a little like #64: [ATTACH=full]1290333[/ATTACH]and there are a couple of others that I can't associate with any of the listed ones. [B]Next:[/B] another countermarked coin of any type[/QUOTE]
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