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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7532114, member: 110226"]Here's one more countermarked tetradrachm. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin appears to have a Phoenician W (waw) on the obverse. The countermark was punched horizontally.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1300506[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Athens, After 449 BC</p><p>AR tetradrachm</p><p>Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square.</p><p>The obverse has two countermarks: a pelt-like countermark with extended lines on the sides (beetle or scarab?), and a Phoenician W (Waw) below it, on its side.</p><p> </p><p>17.0 grams</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1300505[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7532114, member: 110226"]Here's one more countermarked tetradrachm. This coin appears to have a Phoenician W (waw) on the obverse. The countermark was punched horizontally. [ATTACH=full]1300506[/ATTACH] Athens, After 449 BC AR tetradrachm Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. The obverse has two countermarks: a pelt-like countermark with extended lines on the sides (beetle or scarab?), and a Phoenician W (Waw) below it, on its side. 17.0 grams [ATTACH=full]1300505[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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