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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7460950, member: 85693"]Nice fat Perge, [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] - and nice photos of the locale too. As for the price you paid, heck if I know - but you got a solid provenance with it, so that's got to add some value, I'd think. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one from that lovely place with a couple of countermarks:</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292837[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Elagabalus Æ 24</b></p><p><b>Pamphylia, Perge</b></p><p><b>(c. 218-222 A.D. )</b></p><p>ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ], laureate, draped & cuir. bust right / ΠƐΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis standing holding bow and arrow.</p><p>RPC VI, 6122 (temporary);</p><p>SNG France 448–9 (as Caracalla)</p><p>(6.89 grams / 24 x 22 mm)</p><p><b>Countermark:</b> A.K. in rectangle 5 x 3 mm. Howgego 513 (43 pcs); </p><p>Eagle in oval.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Note: Countermark (2 - A.K.) was applied earlier than (1 - eagle)</p><p>...countermark (2 - A.K.) is not found on coins struck later than..Elagabalus."</p><p>FORVM Collection Automan.</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1292838[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7460950, member: 85693"]Nice fat Perge, [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] - and nice photos of the locale too. As for the price you paid, heck if I know - but you got a solid provenance with it, so that's got to add some value, I'd think. Here is one from that lovely place with a couple of countermarks: [ATTACH=full]1292837[/ATTACH] [B]Elagabalus Æ 24 Pamphylia, Perge (c. 218-222 A.D. )[/B] ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ], laureate, draped & cuir. bust right / ΠƐΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis standing holding bow and arrow. RPC VI, 6122 (temporary); SNG France 448–9 (as Caracalla) (6.89 grams / 24 x 22 mm) [B]Countermark:[/B] A.K. in rectangle 5 x 3 mm. Howgego 513 (43 pcs); Eagle in oval. "Note: Countermark (2 - A.K.) was applied earlier than (1 - eagle) ...countermark (2 - A.K.) is not found on coins struck later than..Elagabalus." FORVM Collection Automan. [ATTACH=full]1292838[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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