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pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 06/14/2014 12:42 pm I could probably do with John from Triskeles on this one. This was part of the last lot I bought. It is 21mm 9.42g. It has two nice countermarks. One is a trident and the other is either a helmeted head, or if you turn it upside down it could be a bears head. It is a bow case with strap. The other side is an eight pointed star or sun. It is off centre so there may have been a bow on the star side, but I can see no sign of it. It is currently in soak, I think more details will be forthcoming over the next few weeks. I have found just a few examples of similar coins, but I can't find a reference to match. Any suggestions? Here are some that I found: This one says it is extremely rare: http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/galle...isplay_media This doesn't say much, but it has helmet and trident countermarks http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ This says rarity is "6" I have no idea what that means AND they have the picture upside down. http://www.ancientimports.com/cgi-b....pl?id=23667 Example from wildwinds http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree...GCop_230.jpg Edited by pishpash 06/14/2014 12:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff

chuy1530 Pillar of the Community United States 513 Posts	Posted 06/14/2014 1:00 pm I think Cyprus used a trident countermark. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/14/2014 1:32 pm Your finding some interesting coin lately. As usual I've been coin poor. so it's nice to see these. Not good with counter marks so I can't help much. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 06/14/2014 1:55 pm that looks like a good candidate for a long oil bath Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 06/14/2014 2:20 pm Thank you chuy, I will bear that in mind. Echizento, I have just been lucky, I will get around to posting the others that this came with. Ben, I am trying the DW first. I have yet to go the olive oil route, it just sounds so gunky :) Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 06/14/2014 2:49 pm Distilled Water is very tedious - Olive oil works much quicker, especially in cases such as this. I switched over because everything was getting oily. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 06/14/2014 2:58 pm If I don't get anywhere with DW then I will try OO. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4991 Posts	Posted 06/15/2014 10:30 am totally worth getting that coin for the cool countermarks....you're on a cool countermark roll pish. Report this Post to the Staff
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