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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3920370, member: 85693"]Sometimes I think ancient countermark collecting is the Dark Side of the Dark Side. Which is to say I'm trying to attribute a small batch of countermarks and I am not having much luck. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was wondering if anybody can steer me in the right direction with this small AE - just getting the host coin down would be great. There is a male head on the obverse, mostly obliterated by the two countermarks - Apollo? Augustus? </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse has a tantalizing lack of visible features - fragments of an inscription and what might be a lyre? </p><p><br /></p><p>The countermarks are a (1) an bunch of grapes and (2) goddess holding two torches (?). Diana lucifera, maybe? 14 mm and 2.8 grams. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any help greatly appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033353[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033352[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I did have some luck with the host coin on this one. But the countermark still alludes me - Artemis/Diana drawing her bow, a K (?) behind. Anybody seen one like this? (the countermark is show right-side up; the portrait of Hermes is upside down - you can just see the brim and top of his petatos at 3 and 6 o'clock - the reverse is just a lousy photo - sorry)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033361[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Phokaia, Ionia</b> <b> Æ 14</b></p><p><b>(c. 300-200 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Magistrate Aristoleos</b></p><p>Head of Hermes right, wearing petatos / [ΦΩ] AΡIΣTO[ΛEOΣ], forepart of griffin right.</p><p>SNG Cop 1037; SNG Tüb. 3127; SNG Lewis 943.</p><p><b>Countermark:</b> Artemis w. bow r., K behind, 7 mm circle obverse.</p><p>(3.30 grams / 14 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3920370, member: 85693"]Sometimes I think ancient countermark collecting is the Dark Side of the Dark Side. Which is to say I'm trying to attribute a small batch of countermarks and I am not having much luck. I was wondering if anybody can steer me in the right direction with this small AE - just getting the host coin down would be great. There is a male head on the obverse, mostly obliterated by the two countermarks - Apollo? Augustus? The reverse has a tantalizing lack of visible features - fragments of an inscription and what might be a lyre? The countermarks are a (1) an bunch of grapes and (2) goddess holding two torches (?). Diana lucifera, maybe? 14 mm and 2.8 grams. Any help greatly appreciated. [ATTACH=full]1033353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1033352[/ATTACH] I did have some luck with the host coin on this one. But the countermark still alludes me - Artemis/Diana drawing her bow, a K (?) behind. Anybody seen one like this? (the countermark is show right-side up; the portrait of Hermes is upside down - you can just see the brim and top of his petatos at 3 and 6 o'clock - the reverse is just a lousy photo - sorry) [ATTACH=full]1033361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1033362[/ATTACH] [B]Phokaia, Ionia[/B] [B] Æ 14 (c. 300-200 B.C.) Magistrate Aristoleos[/B] Head of Hermes right, wearing petatos / [ΦΩ] AΡIΣTO[ΛEOΣ], forepart of griffin right. SNG Cop 1037; SNG Tüb. 3127; SNG Lewis 943. [B]Countermark:[/B] Artemis w. bow r., K behind, 7 mm circle obverse. (3.30 grams / 14 mm)[/QUOTE]
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