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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PMONNEY, post: 2909388, member: 82829&quot;]This coin is allegedly bearing a countermark of the notorious Varus (defeated and killed in 9 AD by the German in the in the Kalkriese forest :<b> </b></p><p><b>OCTAVIAN AND ZENODORVS, </b>Head of Zeodorus12 l, &quot;<b>ZHNO</b>Δ&quot;.<b>.</b>Rev.: Octavian&nbsp; head r..countermark <b>“VAR</b>&quot;.monogram of <b>Qvintillvs Varvs, </b>then Proconsular governor of Syria.Chalkis. AE21.(6.30gr.) gF. S5899, SNG.Cop.417, RPC.4775, BMC.7, Howgego 659, Lindgren III #1249. (countermark of Varus according to Lindgren and RPC).</p><p><i>Fine, rare, historically interesting, following the death of Cleopatra,Zendoros son of Lysanias (who had been executed&nbsp; by Marc Antony) was allowed to return to his fathers’s&nbsp; kingdom. In 24 BC, however, he lost part of his dominions when Augustus handed them over to Herod the Great.</i></p><p>Any other such coin or countermark a would be welcome.</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]702191[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>updated 14.07.2016</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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