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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 8142588, member: 75143&quot;]Victor, I think this type of coin is the most interesting of all countermarked pieces. It&#039;s insane to think that 1200 years later, coins were still circulating at a marked face value! I can&#039;t imagine the circumstances that would lead to this happening today.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first saw one of the 4-maravedis countermarked coins, I thought the IIII represented a tetrastyle temple. I thought that they were the ancient equivalent of pressed pennies, where you go to Temple X and you pay X sestertii to get your coin stamped with the temple&#039;s facade.</p><p>Very wishful thinking, and shows what I know.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t collect countermarks, but some folks here are extremely specialized. A different breed, for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419650[/ATTACH] </p><p>I like this countermark. I forget what the mark itself is, but I like it because it makes the portrait look like it has a ram&#039;s horn helmet!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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