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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4426455, member: 85693&quot;]Sorry about the link - there were other links giving similar info, so I was hoping my addition wouldn&#039;t further compromise the air of mystery!</p><p><br /></p><p>The host coin you posted is, I believe, a Celtic imitation, so it was probably not minted in Amphipolis - although perhaps the countermark was applied there to validate it.&nbsp; I think these imitations were made in the wilds of Thrace, further north where the non-Boston Celtics dwelt - others on CT would know more about this. </p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, I do not know what the countermark is called - &quot;windmill pattern&quot; seems reasonable, but I have only been collecting ancient countermarks for a year or so, so I don&#039;t know much.&nbsp; I do know it&#039;s interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p>The double-flute Marsyas you refer to is probably this one from Apameia, Phrygia- it is pretty much the only <i>affordable</i> Marsyas. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109181[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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