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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2036696, member: 42773&quot;]This is a common &quot;head of emperor in oval&quot; countermark, and it has been recorded on many provincial issues. If the BMC doesn&#039;t have one on a coin of AP from Laodicea, that&#039;s not terribly noteworthy - the BMC does not pretend to catalog every known coin or variation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans used countermarks in the provinces to remonetize older coins, or keep them monetized as the case may be. So one frequently finds the initials of a new emperor stamped onto an older emperor&#039;s coins. Sometimes the mark features the initials of a local governor, or a symbol, or BON(VM) - meaning &quot;good,&quot; and sometimes, as on your coin, the bust of the new emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to the bust marks, it&#039;s sometimes difficult to attribute them because the marks are generally small, and not terribly well-detailed. I would say your mark could belong to any of several of A.P.&#039;s successors - perhaps Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, or even Commodus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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