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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2651669, member: 8959"]Thank you all very much for your comments. David, that is an very interesting countermark on your vespasian denarius:''Extremely rare. Only a few known eastern mint denarii, which have been mistakenly countermarked with his own monogram''.  Congratulations!  a very rare c/m, and much more so on a Ephesus denarius. Nemo, as you may know, the majority of VESPA c/m's known appear to have been applied to Nero asse of the Victoria type. Very few are known on other coinage of Nero. You have a very scarce, and appealing example there! Out of ignorance, I have paid little attention until now to counter-marked roman coinage. In a way a considered such examples 'damaged' or defaced, when in fact, they hold great fascination: counter marked coins are witnesses to defined events in history, and give us a direct link to those events. For a history enthusiast like myself that is fascinating. It was a great thrill finding this coin (in a junk box!). I shall keep my eyes (more) open from now on.  [/QUOTE]