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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 24716681, member: 75496&quot;]Yes, [USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER], that coin was part of the Baker collection.&nbsp; Thanks for the thumbnails from his article!&nbsp; Forum Ancient Coins mentions that an NCAPR countermark has &quot;been found on a Vespasian dupondius which, if genuine and official, seems to indicate the N may refer to Nerva, not Nero.&quot;(<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ncapr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ncapr" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ncapr</a>.)&nbsp; See also: <a href="https://www.romancoins.info/CMK-Nero&amp;later.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.romancoins.info/CMK-Nero&amp;later.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.romancoins.info/CMK-Nero&amp;later.html</a> from the Roman Numismatic Gallery&#039;s Museum of Countermarks on Roman Coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if that dupondius countermark was ever verified.&nbsp; Most still attribute the countermark to Nero, I believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine that the uncovering of those two countermarks of Helios was exciting!</p><p><br /></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some &quot;ugly duckling&quot; (or eaglet <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) triplets.&nbsp; What makes this trio special is certainly not their looks, but that they are examples of the first coin issued by a Jewish ruler that was struck with the graven image of a living creature.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580463[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580467[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580468[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Judaea.&nbsp; Herod I the Great (40 – 4 BC).&nbsp; AE half-prutah.&nbsp; Jerusalem mint.</p><p>Single cornucopia and Greek inscription: on left, BACIΛ; on right, HPWΔ <i>(abbreviation of BACIΛEΩC HPWΔOY, &#039;of the king Herod&#039;)</i>. / Eagle with closed</p><p>wings standing right.</p><p>Hendin 1190[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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