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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;danielus, post: 2932558, member: 32214&quot;]Hello everyone:</p><p><br /></p><p>Before so many magnificent posts, I hope this is not laughable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The truth is that with this currency I do not know how to continue.</p><p>It&#039;s not mine, I found it in an old post of another forum, without identifying and I thought I&#039;d learn a bit with it...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wcEuKqe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>29mm and 16.5 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>The countermark is similar to the ones in this post:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-pantikapaion-countermarked-ae.232904/#post-1749195" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-pantikapaion-countermarked-ae.232904/#post-1749195">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-pantikapaion-countermarked-ae.232904/#post-1749195</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-pantikapaion-countermarked-ae.232904/#post-1749195" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-pantikapaion-countermarked-ae.232904/#post-1749195"><br /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>So I &quot;thought&quot; it could belong to the Kingdom of Bosporus, and to Pharnaces II (64 - 47 BC), by the monogram to the left of the head of the obverse, if it is really the same ...</p><p><br /></p><p>I found something &quot;similar&quot; monogram in:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/x9Lo4rc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>or this one...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IclrklL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. temp. Pharnakes. Circa 63-47 BC. Æ (25mm, 15.72 g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right; monogram to left, star to right. MacDonald 187; HGC 7, 111. VF, brown patina. Overstruck on a &quot;head of Dionysos/bow case&quot; type probably issued under Machares (MacDonald 46).</p><p><br /></p><p>The countermarks on ancient coins are new to me, this coin even seems to be overstruck on another, I think it&#039;s a &quot;prow&quot; on the reverse, but I&#039;m not sure either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope someone can help me or give me an idea of how to continue...</p><p>or at least it is of interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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