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Mystery Alexander The Great. Is Radiate Head Countermark Roman /Seleucid?

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I have no idea if a Roman ever countermarked this old of a Greek coin so I assume this is Seleucid. Correct? But it almost looks like a Radiate Roman and not a radiate Helios to me. 20 mm, 5.50 grams


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OK people on ebay are writing to me and the premise of who made the radiate countermark might be flawed because as the person writes to me, the: "countermark on this type is generally unclear and described as uncertain, though it has been described by CNG as a lion head (what you see as rays being the animal's mane) as seen on a related coin. It seems unlikely to show a radiately crowned human head (seldom used on such old coins of Greece or western Asia Minor).

So I guess forget the question and perhaps Romans never countermarked old Greek coins anyway.
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