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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2730768, member: 83956&quot;][ATTACH=full]620846[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nuthin&#039; much to see here, just a first-century slug with a couple of countermarks. Moneyer’s name illegible. Still visible: VIR AAA FF around SC. Any guesses? Countermarked TICA and AVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my notes: <i>Countermarked TICA and AVG, probably for Tiberius Augustus (14-37 A.D.). &quot;A countermark is a stamped or punched impression adding elements of design to a coin after it was originally struck. The practice of countermarking coins was widespread throughout antiquity. It was particularly common in the provinces of the Roman Empire. Countermarks were applied to coins for many reasons, including revalidation, revaluation, devaluation, and propaganda. Exactly when and why any individual countermark was applied is often uncertain.” – Forum Ancient Coins. This countermark may have indicated that this coin was monetarily valid long after it was originally struck, though the reasons for countermarks vary.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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