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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8218109, member: 85693&quot;]That is a pretty reasonable attribution, [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER]&nbsp; - I really like to get unattributed ancients and then spend hours trying to figure them out.&nbsp; It keeps me out of the taverns!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I had a lot of difficulty with the one and only Kabyle / Cabyle ancient I have.&nbsp; This is a countermarked issue that will be of no help to you whatsoever, but since Kabyle seems to be a place with few coins (per Wildwinds) I&#039;ll toss it out here: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442749[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Cabyle, Thrace&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 15</b></p><p><b>(250-200 B.C.)</b></p><p>Laureate head right (Apollo?) / Lyre (?), Greek inscription.</p><p><b>Countermarks:</b>&nbsp; Both obverse:</p><p>1.&nbsp; Artemis Phosphoros holding 2 torches (?) in 8 mm circle. </p><p>2.&nbsp; Cluster of grapes in 6 mm circle.</p><p>Tapolov Countermarking p. 240, 4</p><p>Houghton &amp; Lorber 2002 173, 184</p><p>(2.78 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $2.20</p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>&quot;The Countermarks of Cabyle&quot; by Dimitae Dkagabov describes countermark:&nbsp; &quot;...depicts Artemis Phosophoros holding two long torches...between 6 and 8 mm&quot;</p><p>He notes 135 specimens from 16 countermark punches.</p><p><b>Host:</b>&nbsp; I can&#039;t find it (Dec. 2019)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Artemis countermark right-side-up (headless, unfortunately):&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442748[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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