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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5159306, member: 85693&quot;]I am reviving this thread because I finally got one of these Minerva Standing countermarks for Domitian.&nbsp; This is one I&#039;ve been hankering for!&nbsp; This one is on a smaller-sized SC issue for Vespasian. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to TIF for providing the full Howgego citation on this other thread:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-on-ancient-countermark.337065/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-on-ancient-countermark.337065/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-on-ancient-countermark.337065/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For a countermark issue, this has a pretty nice host, at least by my standards: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209523[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Vespasian/Domitian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 20</b></p><p><b>(c. 69-79 A.D. / cm 83-96 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria</b></p><p><b>Antiochia ad Orontem&nbsp; </b></p><p>[IMP CA]ESAR VESP[ASIAN AVG], laureate head left /SC within laurel wreath.</p><p>RPC II, 2011; BMC 218;McAlee 43; Wruck 97.</p><p>(8.17 grams / 20 x 18 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark Notes:</b></p><p>Athena/Minerva in 6 x 4 mm rectangle, Howgego 245 (9 pcs. for Vespasian) </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The connection of Minerva with Domitian suggests that this is an Imperial countermark.&nbsp; There can be little doubt that it was applied at Antioch between 83 and 96 A.D. It did not have a denominational significance because it occurs on both denominations of the SC series&quot;&nbsp; Howgego</p><p><br /></p><p>At first I thought my host coin was a die-match for an example sold by CNG, but I don&#039;t think so now - but perhaps the same artist was at work?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209524[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=388341" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=388341" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=388341</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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