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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8142673, member: 85693&quot;]That is an impressive array of countermarks, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] and many others throughout this thread.&nbsp; I poked through my 2021 finds and here are a couple of them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419694[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 15</b></p><p><b>Seleukos II Kallinikos</b></p><p><b>n.d. (246-226 B.C.)</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin / BA[ΣIΛEΩΣ] [ΣEΛ]EYKO[Y], Apollo, naked, seated left on omphalos, holding arrow &amp; bow [monogram left?].</p><p>SC 657 type.</p><p>(3.68 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Countermarks:</b> </p><p><b>Countermark 1:</b>&nbsp; Seleucid anchor in 5 x 4 mm rectangle</p><p><b>Countermark 2:</b>&nbsp; Caduceus in 6 x 5 mm rectangle both on reverse, obliterating most of Apollo.</p><p>Identical countermarks: CNG E Auction 200, Lot 71, 3 December 2008.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419697[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(c. 218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Samaria, Neapolis</b></p><p>[AVTKMAVP] ANTωNINOC, laureate draped &amp; [cuirassed?] bust r. / [Φ]Λ NEACΠ[OΛEΩ CYP Π], Mt. Gerizim, temple, stairway, colonnade, etc.</p><p>cf. SNG ANS 6 997 ff.; Rosenberger III 36 ff.</p><p>(9.84 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Countermark: </b>Incuse A in 3 mm square obverse. Howgego 666, (37 pcs).</p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b>&nbsp; Host coin is difficult to pin down; several varieties but many vague or contradictory online citations.</p><p>Numista goes with this:</p><p>SNG ANS 997-1005; Rosenberger 37-39 (but Ros. 36 in a FORVM sale is similar).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This one is dreadful - it was a surprise in an undescribed eBay lot, and I&#039;ll take scorpions anyway I can get them: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419699[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Kingdom of Commagene</b> <b>Æ 25</b></p><p><b>Iotape (Antiochus IV consort)</b></p><p><b>(c. 66-72 A.D. - Straight Edge)</b></p><p><b>Samosata Mint</b></p><p>BA[ΣIΛIΣΣA IΩTAΠH ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOΣ], diademed and draped bust right / KOMMAΓHNΩN, around scorpion, all within laurel wreath.</p><p>RPC I 3858; BMC Iotape 4.</p><p>(15.72 grams / 25 x 24 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Countermark&nbsp; anchor (?), in 5-6 mm irregular circle or square.&nbsp; Howgego 372.&nbsp; Countermark is not entirely clear on this specimen.&nbsp; This issue often found countermarked with these:&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Cornucopiae:&nbsp; Howgego 403 </p><p>Anchor:&nbsp; Howgego 372</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419701[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>Antiochos I Soter</b></p><p><b>Aï Khanoum or Western Mint</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 281-261 B.C.)</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Athena right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΟΣ] - ΑΝΤΙΟ[ΧΟΥ], Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm.</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Seleucid anchor, flukes upward, in 7 x 4 mm oval</p><p>(6.20 grams / 17 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>Spaer 245-7.</p><p>Agora Auction Sale 71, Lot 88 26.12.2017</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4645452" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4645452" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4645452</a></p><p>SC 453 Shick Coins listing (VCoins)</p><p>eBay seller Attribution: Lindgren I 1766-7[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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