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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4030893, member: 87404"]It's odd that this Trajan has the countermark... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That is so late for the dating of the countermark. Could the stamp used to make the mark been lingering in someone's possession and this was a one-off by someone who had the mark NOT at the officina? Or it could be imitation?</p><p><br /></p><p>[Pause post for a few minutes while I go look up Howgego 246...] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, it seems this is in fact a different c/m than the 245 (hence the different number, duh lol <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and is used on specific Trajan coins from Gabala in 106/107 AD. Nevermind...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4030893, member: 87404"]It's odd that this Trajan has the countermark... o_O That is so late for the dating of the countermark. Could the stamp used to make the mark been lingering in someone's possession and this was a one-off by someone who had the mark NOT at the officina? Or it could be imitation? [Pause post for a few minutes while I go look up Howgego 246...] :bookworm::bookworm::bookworm: Ok, it seems this is in fact a different c/m than the 245 (hence the different number, duh lol :hilarious:) and is used on specific Trajan coins from Gabala in 106/107 AD. Nevermind...[/QUOTE]
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