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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4495112, member: 85693&quot;]Great coin and write-up, Doug.&nbsp; I have a more worn example, with the reverse legend kaput.&nbsp; The portrait and anchor countermark survived the centuries in better shape.&nbsp; Mine, like yours, has an off-kilter countermark that didn&#039;t align over the ΦIΛANTΩNIOY. </p><p><br /></p><p>That flan crack would not have bothered me at all - such cracks tend to put coins within my budget! </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve watched a couple nicer ones on eBay but they went out of my price range.&nbsp; They don&#039;t appear to be excessively rare, but they are popular.&nbsp; Here&#039;s mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115151[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cilicia, Tarkondimotos&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 21</b></p><p><b>(c. 39 - 31 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Hieropolis-Kastabala Mint </b></p><p>Diademed head right / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ TAPKONΔIMOTOY], Zeus enthroned left,&nbsp; [ΦIΛANTΩNIOY] in exergue;</p><p><b>Countermark: </b> Anchor in oval.</p><p>RPC I 3871; SGCV II 5682; SNG Levante 1257; Sear 5682.</p><p>(10.06 grams / 21 mm) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Note:</b>&nbsp; According to Nicholas L. Wright, this countermark was applied by heirs of Tarkondimotos after hewas killed at the Battle of Actium to obliterate ΦIΛANTΩNIOY on reverse (but die axis not 12 o&#039;clock on this specimen)</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted this one a while back:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/countermark-with-battle-of-actium-connections-tarkondimotos-of-cilicia.346020/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/countermark-with-battle-of-actium-connections-tarkondimotos-of-cilicia.346020/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/countermark-with-battle-of-actium-connections-tarkondimotos-of-cilicia.346020/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>***</p><p><br /></p><p>As for other pirates, this one is associated with the pirates of Cilicia that Pompey defeated - I base this on Alegandron&#039;s notes and example:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Cilicia - Tarsos turret counterstamped Bow Pompey Pirates AE 19 164 BCE Tyche-Zeus seated&quot;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-dam-broke.344375/#post-3649682" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-dam-broke.344375/#post-3649682">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-dam-broke.344375/#post-3649682</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115162[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Cilicia, Tarsos&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ22 </b></p><p><b>(After 164 B.C.)</b></p><p>Draped, veiled, and turreted bust of Tyche / TAΡΣEΩN, Zeus seated left on throne, holding scepter; monograms below.</p><p>SNG France 1285-1294 (?).</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Bow case &amp; arrows in rectangle (10 x 4 mm)</p><p>(8.12 grams / 22 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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