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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7911034, member: 85693&quot;]Some lovely Augustus coins in the thread.&nbsp; Here are some not-so-lovely ones, but they are countermarked:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1365889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Countermark detail:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1365890[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Augustus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 15 (Semis)</b></p><p><b>(27 B.C.-14 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Macedonia, Philippi</b></p><p>[A]VG, bare head right / Two priests plowing right with yoke of two oxen;</p><p>RPC 1656 (Philippi); BMC 86-88 (Mysia. Parium);</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; TR monogram (Howgego 657).</p><p>(5.69 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2018 </p><p><br /></p><p>This one has four countermarks, adding to the ugly for sure:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1365888[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Augustus&nbsp; Æ As / Dupondius</b></p><p><b>Imperial Moneyer with Pannonia c/m </b></p><p><b>(1st C. A.D.)</b></p><p>AVGVSTVS [TRIB]VNIC [POTE]ST in three lines within oak wreath / [?]MSAN[?] around large SC.</p><p>(Uncertain attribution; possible Balkan imitative)</p><p>(7.16 grams / 25 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2019 </p><p><b>Countermarks:</b></p><p><i>AVG</i>, <i>TICÆ</i> obverse /<i>P•P•</i> and <i>CAE</i> reverse.</p><p>M. Pangerl Collection</p><p>75 (AVG),</p><p>90 (TICÆ)</p><p>81a (P.P.)</p><p>77c (CAE)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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