Countermark Greek Letters "Phi" plus aramaic letter "T" (?)
on Nero Sestertius. Attribution unknown.
Non-Roman Countermarks ...
Countermarked Coins
Greek coins with added interest
A coin that has been stamped or marked with a design after it was originally struck is termed 'countermarked'.
Countermark
Letter, symbol, monogram punched on a coin's side - for example, to change his value or, frequently, to guarantee its weight and fineness - by the State or by private persons.
Countermark - Or sometimes called counterstamp is a stamp or mark impressed on a coin to verify its use by another government, or to indicate revaluation.
Crown - A dollar-size silver coin, specifically one of Great Britain.
Countermark or Counterstamp
Letters, symbols, numbers or other marks that are stamped on a coin after minting. They could be used for special advertising or political slogans etc.
Countermark
Symbols, design(s) or lettering punched on a coin to change its value, usage or purpose. Also known as a counterstamp. See also surcharge.
Counterstamp ...
Countermark - A mark stamped on an existing coin usually to indicate a new value.
Countermark - A mark or design placed on a coin either by an issuing authority or by a private individual. During the reign of George III a small bust of the king was counterstamped on silver coins to make them legal tender in the United Kingdom.
THE COUNTERMARKS
Throughout the world only thirteen specimens of Pilate's coins are listed as bearing countermarks. Three of them can be found in Israel's museums, and the other ten
are in private collections.
d'Este countermarks (really Gonzaga)
M&M
52 (6/75) VHV. HQP. 874 ancients on 52 ppl + 2 E + 2 ppl of color enlargements. 263 G, 555 R, 56 Byz.
Antinous (33), d'Este countermarks (now thought to be Gonzaga) (24), Roman Republican (228) ...
Countermarked Coin Copies A rather useful page by Dan Andrews, illustrates a number of ancient coins that are clearly marked as copies by the people that made them.
Countermarks on Ottoman Coins
K.M. MacKenzie
An Ottoman Countermark on a Maria Theresa Taler, Numismatic Circular 85, 1977 ...
Countermarks establish a chronological relationship between the coin and the countermark itself, and may sometimes be used to date each other, when they overlap on the same coin.
Countermarks on Byzantine and Persian sigloi, 267, 828, 832; on tetradrachms of Side, 704.
Cow and calf, Apollonia Illyr., 314; Dyrrhachium, 315; Monunius, 316; Corcyra, 326; Carystus, 356; Lycia, 690, 691; Phoenicia, 801.
(countermark closeup)
Antiochos IV, Epiphanes, AE29 of Samosata, 38-72, Syria-Kingdom of Commagene. BASILEYS ME ANTIOXOS EPI Diademed bust right, anchor countermark. KOMMAG_HNWN Scorpion and inscription in laurel wreath. Sear GIC 5507. Ex.
Oval countermarked Spanish 8 reales (portrait type)
R
S3768 Dollar (1804) ...
These countermarks occur also on primitive electrum coins described infra under Sardes, and the issues of the two cities can be only conjecturally separated.
Two lions' heads to front in opposite directions.
[B. M. C., Ion., Pl. I. 1.] ...
Vespasian Countermarked AR Denarius. Countermark applied at Ephesus circa 74-79 AD; undertype of A. Licinius Nerva. Laureate head of Fides right; c/m: VES before / Horseman galloping right, dragging captive. Crawford 454/2 (undertype).
TextImage ...
This wheel countermark has so far been found on only one other coin type and that is the coin illustrated No. 4 above, which is in the collection of Lance Dane in Bombay, reportedly found in Junagarh in Gujerat.
Chopmarks and countermarks. Gin countermark (in the circle) on left reverse added by the Osaka mint.
Type:
Meiji 35 (1902) 1 Yen ...
Greek Imperial Countermarks: Studies in the Provincial Coinage of the Roman Empire
317 pgs, Includes over 10,000 countermarked coins. 36 maps, 33 plates.
$100 ...
*85 10TH LEGION COUNTERMARK c.100 AD. Æ 20 mm. Hd right, C/M of Head (Nerva?) right. C/M of Galley. H-805. C/M F-VF, coin poor $175 [image] ...
Classical Owl Type A test-cut, countermarked, and corroded tetradrachm (16.62g, 27mm), Athens, c. 454-431 BC, Sear 2526v. As with the previous two pieces, this is also a full-crest Owl. But it may be the ugliest Owl I've ever seen.
Those shillings of Edward VI that were still in circulation were now re-valued as the public refused to accept them at the full rate: the basest were valued at 24d and were countermarked with a greyhound's head whilst those with a higher silver ...
Banker's Mark A small countermark applied to a coin by a bank or a trader indicating that they consider the coin to be genuine and of legal weight.
Initially it was permitted to remain current at reduced values, but the two worst classes of testoons were countermarked to circulate at values of 4 1/2d and 2 1/4d. Other silver pieces were derated and finally demonetized in 1561.
Smooth-shelled turtle, countermark in middle of shell/Incuse of skew pattern, SG1858. Centered slightly low, head and front appendages clear, rear appendages partially off, light tone, nice example, Very Fine....
The Bank of England bought up a large number of Spanish colonial 8 reale coins and initially countermarked them with a small oval shaped counterstamp of King George III's portrait. These countermarked dollars were valued at 4s9d.
1799 dollar that had been countermarked on the obverse with a series of Xs. It appears that somebody later attempted to cover up the countermarks with silver solder but stopped when he realized the attempt was a dismal failure.
Brunk's magnum opus, American and Canadian Countermarked Coins, presents on page 183 an enlarged illustration of an 1841-dated VOTE THE LAND FREE coin from my collection, ...
(Countermark of Pius on neck - Howgego 113)
Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙ-ΩΝ ΤΩΝ Κ'Ι Λ'Ο"ΙΚ-ΩΝ Θ-Ο ϞΡ
Turreted and draped bust of city-goddess left; wearing bunch of grapes.
(Year 190 = AD 142/3)
(SNG II, no. 3204) ...
Yefimok
The name given to a thaler or dollar-sized coin that has been countermarked for use in Russia in the mid-1600's.
He lists five varieties of this token plus four restrikes and a Twentieth century countermarked variety. Krause-Mishler calls this a Type III variety, having a large large pineapple on the obverse and a large portrait on the reverse.
Inscriptions
Monograms & Devices
"Mule" Coins
Overstrikes & Countermarks
Parthian Coins in the ANS Database
Sellwood Type Numbers Index
Unattributed Coins - Help identify these uncataloged coins ...
illustrated more than 100 pages of information, including pages on coins of various Roman emperors and Greek city-states, coins of the "barbarians," judging the attractiveness of ancient coin styles, ancient coin glossaries, plated and countermarked ...
counter mark (countermark) - an impression, mark, or stamp put on a coin to verify it's use by another. Sometimes done by governments when a monetary revaluation occurs. crackout - coin that is cracked out of its plastic holder.
 See also: Coin, Struck, Marks, Coinage, Revers
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