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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 4100969, member: 88526&quot;]Two of my favorites on one coin, Antony and Vespasian </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066190[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>ANT AVG III VIR R P C</p><p>Galley r. mast with banners at prow</p><p>IMPVESP counter mark above galley</p><p><br /></p><p>LEG X?</p><p>Legionary eagle between two standards IMPVESP countermark</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Patrae mint 32-31BC</p><p><br /></p><p>3.01g</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Incitatus</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse countermarked IMPVESP during Vespasian&#039;s reign showing this denarius was in circulation for well over 100 years! In hand I can make out X for the legion number but can&#039;t be sure if any other numerals appear after it. This countermark appears mostly on late Republican and Imperatorial denarii, although denarii of Augustus and denarii of the Flavians struck at Ephesus are also recorded. The MP VES countermarks circulated specifically within the province of Asia Minor. Martini noted that the output of silver coinage in relation to the civic bronze for this region was much smaller during the Julio-Claudian period. This suggests the denarii were countermarked to validate locally circulating silver coinage at an acceptable weight while the regional mints opened by Vespasian were gearing up production, a theory which the countermarking of cistophori with the contemporary MP VES AVG countermarks seems to support. The similarly countermarked Flavian denarii struck at Ephesus can be accounted for then as examples accidentally countermarked by unobservant mint workers during the transition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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