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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3186058, member: 56859&quot;]I think you&#039;re right about it being from Phaselis and in the style of Alexander III tetradrachms.</p><p><br /></p><p>IB is going to be the date.&nbsp; In some archived listings, IA (year 11) is said to be211/0 BCE, so IB is year 12 or 210/209 BCE.&nbsp; Some listings have slightly different interpretations of the date.&nbsp; CNG has a year 11 sold this year and I trust their catalogers to stay current on the latest research, so I&#039;m betting on year 12 being 210/209.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to make out the device on the countermark but maybe it&#039;s a goat, or part of a goat?&nbsp; The AΠA is very clear and I suspect that denotes Apamea (Bithynia) or Apameia (Phrygia and another in Syria).</p><p><br /></p><p>So far I haven&#039;t found that countermark on other ATG-style tets from Phaselis.&nbsp; Selukid anchors seem to be commonly countermarked on these coins, and occasionally a lovely facing bust of Helios.&nbsp; So far no AΠA though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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