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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3828707, member: 85693&quot;]Sometimes Septimius Severus comes with a countermark or two:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018098[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 25</b></p><p><b>Pamphylia, Perge </b></p><p><b>(c. 193-211 A.D. ?)</b></p><p>[AVT] K Λ CЄ&nbsp; CЄOVHPOC, laureate head rt. / ΠЄPΓAIΩN&nbsp; River god Cestrus reclining left, on amphora gushing water, holding reed and cornucopia.</p><p>BMC 34</p><p>(8.63 grams / 25 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermarks:</b>&nbsp; </p><p><b>(1): </b> Eagle facing, in oval, 4 x 5 mm. Howgego 334 (50 pcs).</p><p><b>(2):</b>&nbsp; A.K. in rectangle 5 x 3 mm. Howgego 513 (43 pcs).</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Note: Countermark (2) was applied earlier than (1)...countermark (2) is not found on coins struck later than..Elagabalus.&quot;</p><p>from FORVM Collection Automan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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