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Author Topic: Unknown counter stamp on Macedonian Interregnum AE21 BASILEOS bow in case?  (Read 586 times)

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Offline Connect4

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Help please!
AE Macedonian Kingdom Interregnum Head of young Herakles right BASILEOS bow in case.
I can’t resolve the counter stamp.  It appears to be a winged griffin in a round 4.3mm counter stamp.  The bow case and the club are facing in different ways to expected from most examples I have seen.  However the race-torch appears to facing in the expected direction.  Any observations and a more accurate ID would be appreciated.  Thanks 7.6gr 19.6-20.9mm axis 9hr

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Re: Unknown counter stamp on Macedonian Interregnum AE21 BASILEOS bow in case?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2017, 08:15:43 am »
This countermark is most often described as a head of a
lion, with jaws open (rotate your images 90° clockwise).
The coin itself was struck posthumously at an uncertain
mint in Asia Minor, c.323-310 BC.
Catalogue reference: Price 2800.

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Re: Unknown counter stamp on Macedonian Interregnum AE21 BASILEOS bow in case?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2017, 10:51:44 am »
Thanks Walter
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