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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4887317, member: 85693&quot;]Well, I finally got one of these NCAPR countermarks, so I thought I&#039;d revive this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>The host coin is a Claudius sestertius with Spes hoisting her skirts on the reverse.&nbsp; This one has the NC connected, which apparently indicates coming from Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179371[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179372[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Claudius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>CM for Nero or Nerva</b></p><p><b>(c. 41-54 A.D. host)</b></p><p>[TI CLAVDIVS CAES]AR A[VG PM TR P IMP (P P?)], laureate head right / [SPES</p><p>AVGVSTA], SC in exergue, Spes walking left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt.</p><p>RIC 99 (no PP) or RIC 115 (PP)</p><p>(24.36 grams / 32 mm)</p><p><b>Countermark: </b> <u>NC</u>APR (11 mm x 3 mm rectangle).&nbsp; <u>NC</u> is joined (Italy) Pangerl 60.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Nero Caesar Aug. Populo Romano&quot;</p><p>&quot;Nummus Caesare Augusto Probatus&quot;</p><p>&quot;Nero Caesar Augustus Probavit&quot;</p><p>“Nerva Caesar Augustus Probavit”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Three distinct production centers can be identified for this issue, in Spain, Gaul, and Italy. The Italian type is distinguished by...joining of the letters NC at the base.&quot;&nbsp; CNG&#039;s Dec 2018 Elec. Auction 434</p><p><br /></p><p>***</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this by accident - I was watching it on eBay and on closing night forgot the seller was in Greece, an area I avoid because of horror stories I&#039;ve heard about the post office, customs, etc. on CT.&nbsp; But it was going so cheap that I got in a feeding frenzy and forgot to check the geography and placed my bid.&nbsp;&nbsp; I got it for under $25 and<i> then</i> I saw it was in Greece and figured I&#039;d never see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will wonders never cease:&nbsp; I won the auction on Sep. 5, 2020.&nbsp; It was delivered to my (Midwest USA) house on Sep. 22, 2020!&nbsp;&nbsp; The seller put tracking on it, and it was in NY on Sept. 13, 2020.&nbsp; Shipping charge was $6, Customs never got involved so far as I can tell.&nbsp; So go figure!</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing goes smoothly, of course.&nbsp; The seller handwrote my address and screwed up the ZIP code.&nbsp; Therefore it got in a feedback loop between a couple of post offices in Indiana (Sep. 16-22).&nbsp; I phoned one of them, got a helpful employee who got the ZIP fixed, and it made it to me just fine a couple days later (thank you USPS!).</p><p><br /></p><p>The envelope was a hot mess, but the coin somehow didn&#039;t fall out or get damaged during the mangling:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179373[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So that&#039;s my only buying-coins-from-Greece story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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