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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3323199, member: 85693&quot;]Those are some spectacular, and historically significant countermarks, Jamesicus - thanks for sharing those, and for the additional information on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>While we&#039;re on the topic of appearance, etc., I&#039;ve been collecting ancient countermarks for about a year, and my standards, such as they are, really drop when it comes to countermarks - if there is hope of identifying the countermark on an otherwise worn smooth host coin, I will go for it (if the price is right).&nbsp; Below are a few examples of coins that appeal to me despite some rather spectacular flaws.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of common AVG and TICA countermarks believed to be around the time of Claudius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a terrible Ptolemaic Egypt countermarked with a Seleucid anchor:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880795[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, two more Roman countermarks and a lyre countermarked on Aigai Aeolis AE (which isn&#039;t actually too bad):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880796[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things I really like about collecting ancient countermarks is that collector interest seems pretty low, at least on eBay.&nbsp; I typically only pay a couple bucks for the more common or uglier ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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