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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2821971, member: 82322&quot;]This helmet may be difficult to see.&nbsp; Sometimes instead of countermarking with a single die against a flat surface a pair of small dies are used.&nbsp; In this case a coin of Alexandria Troas was overstruck with a small helmet/gorgoneion pair.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]662796[/ATTACH] </p><p>Alexandria Troas, AE16 3.96g 261-246 BC</p><p>Bear head right / ?LE?A? horse countermarked or overstruck with 7mm helmet within circle of dots/gorgoneion</p><p>Host coin looks like <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=51927" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=51927" rel="nofollow">CNG e-95, lot 40</a>, of Alexandria Troas.</p><p>Reminds me of <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23263" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23263" rel="nofollow">CNG 61, lot 264</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]662799[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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