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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2778664, member: 19463"]I am unaware of an erased in die model. These twin portrait coins were made for years. There are young kids and both Augusti models. There are few with Geta erased from the left side. Most coins of the city survive in poor shape so I can have a few without being overbid by the condition collectors. Most have a countermark or two but not all are the same. This one has the helmeted head but there is another that looks like a young man often called Caracalla by those who like to guess. I have shown that one several times here on my Caracalla/Plautilla.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]642227[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course my most desired answer to a question is what was the countermark on the Septimius/Domna that caused someone to do this to the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]642230[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I assume it was the mark on the one below (my first Stratonicaea coin) which really isn't clear enough to tell anything. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]642229[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2778664, member: 19463"]I am unaware of an erased in die model. These twin portrait coins were made for years. There are young kids and both Augusti models. There are few with Geta erased from the left side. Most coins of the city survive in poor shape so I can have a few without being overbid by the condition collectors. Most have a countermark or two but not all are the same. This one has the helmeted head but there is another that looks like a young man often called Caracalla by those who like to guess. I have shown that one several times here on my Caracalla/Plautilla. [ATTACH=full]642227[/ATTACH] Of course my most desired answer to a question is what was the countermark on the Septimius/Domna that caused someone to do this to the coin. [ATTACH=full]642230[/ATTACH] I assume it was the mark on the one below (my first Stratonicaea coin) which really isn't clear enough to tell anything. [ATTACH=full]642229[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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