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Countermarked Spanish AE's
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Following an enquiry on the "Identification" board here at FORVM I have posted this small gallery of countermarked Spanish coins from the 1630's to 1650's.
I realise that these are not ancient coins, however, some of them are so wretched having been restruck, or rather countermarked, time and time again, often with Roman numerals, they may be mistaken for them. I hope this gallery will aid the identification of them.
If I use the word obverse I do not refer to the undertype but merely the photo that is presented on the left.
The form of the countermarks are as follows:
PHILIPPVS monogram on the obverse with REX monogram on the reverse
Date in cartouche or crowned with value on the opposite side, either in Roman numerals with a letter below (mintmark) or modern (Arabic) numerals in circle or cartouche.
The mint ID letters are:
S = Seville
MD = Madrid
G = Grenada
B = Burgos
ttt or "picket fence" (actually the Roman aqueduct at Segovia) = Segovia
Ankh (actualy o above T) = Toledo
Pomegranate = Granada
Bat = Valencia
and so on....
A good introductory work of reference on these coins is a paper by P K Anderson "Numismatic Tatooing" in World Countermarks on Medieval and Modern Coins, edited by G G Brunk.
13 files, last one added on May 08, 2011 Album viewed 10 times
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Local Radiate Copies
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This gallery contains local radiate copies, also known as "barbarous radiates". There are, in the later third centrury, three phases of copying that all merge together but probably represent distinct groups:
1. Struck copies, often plated, of antoniniani of Postumus and before, probably made for fraudulent reasons
2. Cast copies from the early 270's, cast from genuine coins again probably made for fraudulent purposes
3. Struck copies on flans of all different sizes, of varying artistic merit. Often featuring Gallic or deified Claudius prototypes and found in the North-Western Gallic provinces and Britain they appear to be a "money of necessity" due to the lack of current coin in the years after the suppression of the Gallic revolt.
Some coins are very crude whilst others it is easy to see how they can be mistook for official coins.
63 files, last one added on Jan 10, 2019 Album viewed 15 times
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Last additions - mauseus's Gallery |
161Marcus Aurelius 161-80 AD
AE as
Obv: "M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG"
Laureate bust right.
Rev: "TRP XXXIIII IMP X COS III SC"
She-wolf standing right in cave, suckling twins, Remus and Romulus, representing the Lupercal at the base of the Palatine hill.
Rome mint
RIC 1247mauseusApr 22, 2024
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161aFaustina Junior
AE 22 mm
Pautalia in Thrace
Rev Hygea standing right feeding serpent in arms
Ruzicka 116mauseusMar 08, 2024
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161aFaustina II (“Junior”)
Sestertius
Rome mint
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL
Draped bust right
Rev: VENVS SC
Venus standing left holding apple and vertical sceptre
RIC 1387mauseusMar 08, 2024
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80Carausius 287-93 AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "LEG [IIXX PRIM]IG"
Capricorn left
London mint
-/-//ML
RIC 80
Reverse die duplicate of Spink 26/27 March 2008, Lot 1142 (part) mauseusMar 07, 2024
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48cfAllectus 293-6
Antoninianus
IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG
Radiate & cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVG
Victory standing left holding wreath and branch
London mint
S/A//ML
RIC - (cf 48); RIC (2024) 13854; Burnett - mauseusJan 21, 2024
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198Caracalla 198-217 AD
AE as
Obv "ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM"
Laureate head right
Rev "VENVS VICTRIX"
Venus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory and long sceptre, leaning on shield set on helmet.
Rome mint
RIC 577bmauseusJan 21, 2024
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209Geta 209-12 AD
AR denarius
Obv "P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT"
Laureate bust right
Rev "LIBERALITAS AVG V"
Liberalitas standing left holding abacus and cornucopia, globe at feet
Rome mint
RIC 89mauseusJan 21, 2024
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664Denarius
Rome
Issue 9
FORTVNA REDVX
G 664t mauseusDec 07, 2023
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456Carausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP C CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "LAETITIA AVG"
Laetitia standing left holding anchor and wreath
Uncertain mint
S/C//
RIC 456mauseusOct 26, 2023
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98Trajan 98-117 AD
AE 15mm
Perga in Pamphyllia
Laureate bust right
Temple with two columns within which cult statue of Artemis of Perga; eagle in pediment
RPC 2688, SNG Cop 315mauseusOct 19, 2023
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218aElagabalus 218-222 BC
AE As
Rome mint
Obv IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Laur, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev VICTOR ANTONINI AVG SC
Victory running right holding wreath and palm
RIC 376mauseusOct 06, 2023
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81Domitian 81-96 AD
AE 20mm
Abydos in Troas
ABY within wreath
RPC 892b (this coin)
This is the only example recorded on the RPC websitemauseusOct 05, 2023
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Sicily - AbakainonAR Litra
c. 420-400 BC
O - Facing head of nymph
R - [ABA]
Sow standing to left, piglet before
SNG ANS 1293mauseus
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853Antoninianus
Viminacium
Issue 4
PIETAS AVG
G 853mauseus
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1617Antoninianus
Antioch
Issue 8
VIRTVS AVG
G 1617mauseus
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