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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2417996, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Here are a few examples of my &quot;repurposed&quot; ancient coins ... </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">TROAS, Abydos. Æ23 Countermarked issue </span></b></p><p>Circa 4th-3rd century BC</p><p>Diameter: 23 mm</p><p>Weight: 7.98 grams</p><p>Obverse: Turreted bust of Artemis right</p><p>Reverse: ABY, eagle standing right, head left</p><p>Reference: SNG Copenhagen 40 for countermark; SNG Copenhagen 38 and SNG Ashmolean 988-9 for undertype</p><p>Other: 12h … sweet brown patina</p><p>The undertype is a bust of Artemis facing slightly right, wearing mural crown / Eagle standing right, wings displayed</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500564[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage (Overstrike), Æ18</span></b></p><p>Circa 220s BC</p><p>Diameter: 17.5 mm</p><p>Weight: 5.11 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) three-quarter face right, wearing corn-wreath</p><p>Reverse: Poseidon, naked, standing left, resting right foot on rock and leaning on trident; to right, ΒΟΙΩΤ[ΩΝ] downward</p><p>Reference: BCD Boiotia 108 (this coin); HGC 4, 1182. VF, dark brown patina. Overstruck on Æ of Antigonos Gonatas of the type SNG Cop. 1214-1221</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500565[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Anonymous. Overstruck Æ Triens </span></b></p><p>Canusium mint</p><p>206-195 BC</p><p>Diameter: 20 mm</p><p>Weight: 5.88 grams</p><p>Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva right; four pellets above</p><p>Reverse: Prow right; [CA] to right, four pellets below</p><p>Reference: Crawford 100/3; Sydenham 309c; RBW 450</p><p>Other: 12h … brown patina.</p><p>Overstruck on a “Zeus/man-headed bull” issue of Oiniadai, Akarnania (cf. BCD Akarnania 345-8)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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