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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ro1974, post: 2732411, member: 73358&quot;]<img src="https://s28.postimg.org/vvlu53f9p/Naamlo8os.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Great counter marks all</p><p>i like countermarks/ because the history how they use it</p><p><br /></p><p>Emperor period:AUGUSTUS.</p><p>Year:27 BC-14 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>munt:Æ Sestertius</p><p>gewicht; 33 mm , 21,8 g</p><p><br /></p><p>City:Rome mint.</p><p>Struck 16 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>OB Ti. Sempronius Graccus, moneyer.</p><p>REV: Legend in three lines within oak-wreath flanked by two laurel branches</p><p><br /></p><p>Large S C; countermarks: radiate head right and Lunar goddess(?) standing left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Helios</p><p>Early Augustan Sestertius: Radiate head of Helios r.; std. lunar deity with crescent above head</p><p>Also referred to as a &#039;nailed helmet&#039;. Sometimes this &#039;radiate&#039; head is found struck twice on examples of Augustan sestertii and, occasionally, it is found paired with this standing lunar diety. This latter type should make the &#039;Helios&#039; designation of the other countermark a certainty. Countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 65.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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