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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24785458, member: 26430&quot;]I guess I didn&#039;t post this one here yet. Possibly my most worn yet identifiable coin and the most worn coin that I&#039;ve ever bought on purpose (I have plenty of completely flat slugs from group lots).</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought for my countermarks collection and as an addition to my BCD Collection-Collection (BCD Lokris-Phokis 157.5 = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1342" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1342" rel="nofollow">RPC I Online 1342 example 14</a>, cited in <i>RPC Consolidated Supplement</i> [2015], p. 71). This coin nicely illustrates that&nbsp; the scholarly value of a coin may be entirely independent of its aesthetic appeal or commercial value.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck in Lokri Opuntii, time of Galba, with a very rare pair of countermarks (BCD suggested this pair of countermarks may be &quot;unique?&quot;). <i>Countermarks:</i> Monogram ΛO (LO) for Lokri (GIC 620; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/countermark/743" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/countermark/743" rel="nofollow">RPC cm 743</a>) plus head of Athena (?). (I&#039;m not entirely convinced that the top c-mark is Athena, but I don&#039;t have any other theory; maybe a helmet?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585802[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman Provincial. Lokris, Lokri Opuntii AE21</b> (5.95g), Magistrate M. Claudius Serapion, <i>temp</i>. Galba, 68/69 CE.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: [ϹƐΡΑΠΙΩΝΟϹ]. Head of Persephone right, poppy head;</p><p>two countermarks: ΛO ligate (Howgego 620) &amp; helmeted head of Athena (?).</p><p><b>Rev</b>: [ΟΠΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ƐΠΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ]. Warrior holding spear &amp; shield.</p><p><b>Ref</b>: BCD Lokris-Phokis 157.5 (this coin) = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1342" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1342" rel="nofollow">RPC I Online 1342, example 14</a> (cited in <i>RPC Consolidated Supplement</i> [2015], p. 71).</p><p><b>Prov</b>: Ex BCD Collection, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=860050" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=860050" rel="nofollow">NAC 55 (8 Oct 2010), Lot 157 (part)</a>; ex Dr. Francis Jarman Collection: Mints of the Roman Empire, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7883246" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7883246" rel="nofollow">Naumann 100 (6 Mar 2021), 1215</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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