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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7836958, member: 85693&quot;]Coin D as suggested above is possibly Seleukas II.&nbsp; Seleucid coins were often countermarked, often with anchors. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of mine with two countermarks, but neither like yours:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347464[/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</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:&nbsp; CNG E Auction 200, Lot 71, 3 December 2008.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an anchor countermark in a circle that looks a lot like the OP.&nbsp; It may be Seleucid too, but the host coin is from Thrace:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347466[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Kingdom of Thrace&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 15</b></p><p><b>Lysimachos</b></p><p><b>(323-281 B.C.)</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right in lion skin headdress / ΒΑ[ΣΙ] ΛΥΣ[Ι] in wreath of grain ears.</p><p>SNG Cop. 1168-1169; HGC 3.2, 1761; Sear SG 6822.</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Seleucid (?) anchor obverse in 6 mm circle.</p><p>(2.51 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2019[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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