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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2417561, member: 69760&quot;]I recently viewed an auction listing for an Ancient Greek coin, which appears to have been overstruck (image and link below). I&#039;m unsure of what two coins they were, as I&#039;m not an Ancient coin buff. But, as an aside, I am curious as to what other design was on the obverse - the listing describes the two coin designs as being a &quot;Die of Kydonia Diobol overstruck on a coin from Sikyon&quot;. The incuse reverse square design reminded me of the Aegina turtle stater coins, so that&#039;s what sparked my interest in this, besides the overstrike, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I could imagine silver being of relative scarcity and of much greater real value then than it is today. So, perhaps silver coins were &quot;recycled&quot; without melting them, and struck over the old designs? Or, maybe it&#039;s an Ancient form of counterstamping? Was this a <i>more</i> common practice than it is in modern times (which is usually due to Mint error than intentional strikes), or generally frowned upon by Ancient Greeks, who may have wanted to advertise their statehood&#039;s power and not look &quot;cheap&quot;? </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/f~UAAOSwhRxXKKqA/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOL-Kreta-Kydonia-Diobol-Hemidrachme-Nymphe-Dove-Chimaera-Crete-Greek-Rare-MS47-/391447952610?hash=item5b241dbce2%3Ag%3Af~UAAOSwhRxXKKqA&amp;nma=true&amp;si=oiDVbexcfno5s8Tm7e7f5f8TNGw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOL-Kreta-Kydonia-Diobol-Hemidrachme-Nymphe-Dove-Chimaera-Crete-Greek-Rare-MS47-/391447952610?hash=item5b241dbce2%3Ag%3Af~UAAOSwhRxXKKqA&amp;nma=true&amp;si=oiDVbexcfno5s8Tm7e7f5f8TNGw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOL-Kreta-Kydonia-Diobol-Hemidrachme-Nymphe-Dove-Chimaera-Crete-Greek-Rare-MS47-/391447952610?hash=item5b241dbce2:g:f~UAAOSwhRxXKKqA&amp;nma=true&amp;si=oiDVbexcfno5s8Tm7e7f5f8TNGw%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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