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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3532382, member: 85693"]Thank you for expanding on this, Justin. I thought those "portrait" types were Imperial Ases (Asses?) or, more likely, Balkan imitations. I don't have photos handy for mine, and it is raining today (I am an outdoor lousy photographer). Here is a quick and dirty snapshot of three of them I keep by my keyboard - they all came together and are toned/patinated similarly, so I suspect they were buried together - I keep them in a giant holder - note the low weights:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]938449[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For now, I will say all mine (6 or 7 of them?) are all very thin planchets, not at all like the Antioch chunky ones I've seen. And I was not aware of the Ephesus/Antioch switcheroo. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I was researching these at first (a year ago or so) it seems I was finding references to these countermarked issues being found along the limes (Danube, mostly). So it was in my mind that these are more European than from the Asia/Africa area. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I am very early in a steep learning curve for this kind of material - thank you for taking the time to expand my horizons![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3532382, member: 85693"]Thank you for expanding on this, Justin. I thought those "portrait" types were Imperial Ases (Asses?) or, more likely, Balkan imitations. I don't have photos handy for mine, and it is raining today (I am an outdoor lousy photographer). Here is a quick and dirty snapshot of three of them I keep by my keyboard - they all came together and are toned/patinated similarly, so I suspect they were buried together - I keep them in a giant holder - note the low weights: [ATTACH=full]938449[/ATTACH] For now, I will say all mine (6 or 7 of them?) are all very thin planchets, not at all like the Antioch chunky ones I've seen. And I was not aware of the Ephesus/Antioch switcheroo. When I was researching these at first (a year ago or so) it seems I was finding references to these countermarked issues being found along the limes (Danube, mostly). So it was in my mind that these are more European than from the Asia/Africa area. Again, I am very early in a steep learning curve for this kind of material - thank you for taking the time to expand my horizons![/QUOTE]
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