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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Greek Countermarked||View Options:   | | | A countermark is a stamped or punched impression adding elements of design to a coin after it was originally struck. The practice of countermarking coins was widespread throughout antiquity. It was particularly common in the provinces of the Roman Empire. Countermarks were applied to coins for many reasons, including revalidation, revaluation, devaluation, and propaganda. Exactly when and why any individual countermark was applied is often uncertain. |
Apollo's most important attribute is the tripod lebes, a cauldron in a three-legged stand used for religious rituals. The tripod lebes is symbolic of his prophetic powers. At his temple at Delphi, his priestess sat on his tripod chewing laurel leaves and inhaling hallucinating vapors from a fissure in the floor. After she mumbled her prophesy, a male priest would translate it for the supplicant.GB99660. Bronze AE 24, AMNG I/I 230, SNG Stancomb 69 ff. var. (magistrate), SNG BM 214 var. (same), SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, VF, well centered on a broad flan, nice green patina, closed flan crack, scratches, scattered slight porosity, obverse edge beveled, weight 8.841 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 0o, Kallatis (Mangalia, Romania) mint, 3rd - 2nd century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; countermark: six-rayed pellet-star; reverse tripod lebes, stalk of grain outer left, KAΛΛA-TIANΩN in two downward lines, the first on the right, EΠIXA (magistrate) below; ex Classical Numismatic Group, ex Richard Baker collection; SOLD
Kingdom of Numidia, Massinissa 203 - 148 B.C., or Micipsa 148 - 118 B.C.
When King Masinissa died, rule was divided among his three sons by Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, to whom Masinissa had given the authority to administer his estate. Micipsa received the Numidian capital of Cirta along with the palace and treasury, Gulussa the charge of war, and Mastarnable the administration of justice. After his brothers died, Micipsa alone controlled the kingdom.GB62514. Bronze AE 26, Alexandropoulos MAA 18a; Mazard III 50; Müller Afrique III p. 18, 32; SNG Cop 505 ff.; SGCV II 6597, VF, weight 15.512 g, maximum diameter 26.2 mm, die axis 0o, Cirta (Constantine, Algeria) mint, 203 - 118 B.C.; obverse laureate head (Micipsa?) left with pointed beard, dot border; reverse horse rearing left, pellet below; countermark: horned and bearded head of Ammon left within incuse square; rare countermark; SOLD
Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior, Late 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.
CM54165. Bronze AE 23, SNG Stancomb 111 - 113 (all with Demeter c/m but not Athena c/m), Draganov Bronze 3, BMC Thrace -, SNG BM -, SNG Cop -, VF, weight 6.773 g, maximum diameter 23.4 mm, die axis 0o, Dionysopolis (Balchik, Bulgaria) mint, 3rd - 2nd century B.C.; obverse head of Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy, two countermarks on neck: veiled head of Demeter right in round punch, helmeted head of Athena right in round punch; reverse TI-M[H] / ΔIONY, club flanked by six-pointed stars, all within ivy wreath; rare; SOLD
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Hypaepa, Lydia
Hypaepa, Lydia was on the route between Sardis and Ephesus, 42 miles from Ephesus, near the north bank of the Cayster River. The ruins are close to the present-day village of Gunluce, Turkey, 4 km NW of Odemis. According to myth, the women of Hypaepa received the gift of a form of dance from Aphrodite and Hypaepa was the home of Arachne before she became a spider. The Persian goddess Anahita, later called Artemis Anaitis, was worshiped as at Hypaepa. An inscription from the synagogue of Sardis indicates a Jewish community in Hypaepa. In 88 B.C., Hypaepa rebelled against Mithridates VI of Pontus and was severely punished. Under Tiberius it was a candidate to receive a temple dedicated to worship of the emperor, but was rejected as too insignificant. To judge by the number of Byzantine churches that it contained, Hypaepa flourished under the Byzantine Empire.RS43700. Bronze AE 22, BMC Lydia p. 117, 51 var. (bare-headed); cf. SNGvA 2968 (AE 32); Lindgren A744C (AE30, arched); SNG Cop -; SNG UK -; SNG Munchen -, Fine, green patina, weight 4.984 g, maximum diameter 22.0 mm, die axis 180o, Hypaepa (near Günlüce, Turkey) mint, 199 A.D.; obverse AYT K M AYP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, Artemis cultus-statue countermark; reverse YΠAΠHNΩN, tetrastyle temple containing statue of Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; variant unpublished in references examined; very rare; SOLD
Roman Empire, Uncertain Mint, Countermark from Theos, Ionia
Countermarked with TΗ-IΩN around figure of Zeus standing left, holding spear, eagle? at feet, in circular punch, 7.5 mm, Howgego -.
The only city to style its ethnic TΗIΩN is Teos in Ionia, although no similar countermarks are listed by Howgego for this or any other city.CM23229. Bronze AE 22, Howgego -, weight 6.712 g, maximum diameter 22.2 mm, obverse worn smooth; reverse worn smooth; rare; SOLD
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