Hello ladies and gentlemen.
I have added a coin I always wanted in my
collection - an
Aspendos stater with wrestlers and slinger. Usually they are expensive so I'm glad I found one, not in the best condition but I find it excellent.
Managed to attribute it as
Tekin Series 2 - that's a plus - as far as I know these are not very common.
However what puzzles me completely is the
reverse countermark. Does anybody know what that is? I think I exhausted all the options I could think of - helmet; trident; cista mystica.
Today a thought crossed my mind - an
antelope with a
dolphin between the horns?! but I cannot find a similar
countermark.
Note - I posted this on a different board also, if I get an answer I will post it here. I
still hope somebody will be able to narrow it down - from what I read, there are countless
Aspendos countermarks and there isn't a paper to centralize them (if it is, I am interested in finding out more info regarding this subject)
Many thanks in advance.