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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4159761, member: 85693"]Good job with the research. I buy a lot of worn, beat-up unattributed stuff and I really like the challenge of figuring them out. </p><p><br /></p><p>I too use acsearch a lot, but at first I just do a Google image search - this one came up "Antoninus Pius and wreath AE" or something like that (the reverse inscription is easier to see in hand). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073263[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius Æ 21</b></p><p><b>(c. 138-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Cyrrhestica, Hieropolis, Syria</b></p><p>[ΑΥΤο ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤWΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐΥϹƐΒ] laureate bust wearing cuirass and paludamentum right / ΘƐΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙƐΡΟΠΟ, Ɛ below, within laurel wreath.</p><p>RPC 6977; cf. Butcher 15. </p><p>(10.05 grams / 21 x 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Countermarks can be quite difficult. This one was exceptionally hard - I managed to find a partial source online for the countermark, but the host coin still eludes me. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073261[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073260[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Cabyle, Thrace Æ 15</b></p><p><b>(250-200 B.C.)</b></p><p>Laureate head right (Apollo?) / Lyre (?), Greek inscription.</p><p><b>Countermarks:</b> Both obverse:</p><p>Artemis Phosphoros holding 2 torches (?) in 8 mm circle. </p><p>Cluster of grapes in 6 mm circle.</p><p>Tapolov Countermarking p. 240, 4</p><p>Houghton & Lorber 2002 173, 184</p><p>(2.78 grams / 15 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>"The Countermarks of Cabyle" by Dimitae Dkagabov describes countermark: "...depicts Artemis Phosophoros holding two longtorches...between 6 and 8 mm"</p><p>He notes 135 specimens from 16 countermark punches.</p><p> </p><p><b>Host:</b> I can't find it (Dec. 2019)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4159761, member: 85693"]Good job with the research. I buy a lot of worn, beat-up unattributed stuff and I really like the challenge of figuring them out. I too use acsearch a lot, but at first I just do a Google image search - this one came up "Antoninus Pius and wreath AE" or something like that (the reverse inscription is easier to see in hand). [ATTACH=full]1073263[/ATTACH] [B]Antoninus Pius Æ 21 (c. 138-161 A.D.) Cyrrhestica, Hieropolis, Syria[/B] [ΑΥΤο ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤWΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐΥϹƐΒ] laureate bust wearing cuirass and paludamentum right / ΘƐΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙƐΡΟΠΟ, Ɛ below, within laurel wreath. RPC 6977; cf. Butcher 15. (10.05 grams / 21 x 18 mm) Countermarks can be quite difficult. This one was exceptionally hard - I managed to find a partial source online for the countermark, but the host coin still eludes me. [ATTACH=full]1073261[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1073260[/ATTACH] [B]Cabyle, Thrace Æ 15 (250-200 B.C.)[/B] Laureate head right (Apollo?) / Lyre (?), Greek inscription. [B]Countermarks:[/B] Both obverse: Artemis Phosphoros holding 2 torches (?) in 8 mm circle. Cluster of grapes in 6 mm circle. Tapolov Countermarking p. 240, 4 Houghton & Lorber 2002 173, 184 (2.78 grams / 15 mm)[B] [/B] [B]Attribution Note:[/B] "The Countermarks of Cabyle" by Dimitae Dkagabov describes countermark: "...depicts Artemis Phosophoros holding two longtorches...between 6 and 8 mm" He notes 135 specimens from 16 countermark punches. [B]Host:[/B] I can't find it (Dec. 2019)[/QUOTE]
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