AE22, 5.7 g, 12h Late 2nd to mid 1st centuries BC Obv.: veiled and turreted head of Tyche right; countermark, radiate head of Helios within oval punch. Rev.: (Greek letters), Statue of Sandan standing right on horned and winged animal, on a garlanded base and within a pyramidal pyre surmounted by an eagle, AP upper left This coin is on the darker side.
Here is a Cilicia Tarsos - Tyche coin that I got back in 2015 from @JAZNumismatics by @John Anthony ... Cool history surrounding it. Looks like @Collecting Nut has a counterstamp punched in the same spot as mine... perhaps same person doing it? Cilicia - Tarsos Turretted Tyche counterstamped w/ Bow Pompey Pirates AE 19 164 BCE Rev: Zeus seated 1. This week’s auction begins with ... an autonomous issue of Cilicia, Tarsos. The coin presents robust details and a pretty patina, and would be very collectible in and of itself, but the countermark adds an additional level of intrigue. These bow case stamps are occasionally found on coins of the south coastal regions of Asia Minor, although their meaning is uncertain. In 67 BC, Pompey crushed the Cilician Pirates and subjected the city to Roman rule, making Tarsos the capitol of the Province of Cilicia. Tarsos was also the scene of Marc Antony and Cleopatra’s first meeting, so it’s possible the counterstamps remonetizing these issues had something to do with the political struggles of the Late Roman Republic. The counterstamp on this coin is unusually crisp, showing the bow, case, and several arrows in their entirety - the best example of the stamp I’ve seen, ever. Also, the stamper was very kind to us collectors by placing it in an area where it interferes with the devices only minimally. Ex: @John Anthony
In retrosoect, I'm not at all sure the countermarks have anything to do with the Roman game of thrones between Antony and Octavian. If the coins were minted in the mid second century BC, they would have circulated for over a hundred years before they were marked. Their features would have been obliterated. I now think the countermarks are older.
I dunno Johm, now that the military is saying UFO's are real, this is DEFINITELY an Alien Coin... made from not-of-this planet metal composition, and a counterstamp from the Galactic Alien Empire. I now believe that the TV Series "V" was a documentary... with real people/aliens.
