1.3. Countermarks on
Ephesos Coins of Augustus
This section covers:
"AVG" (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 75 & MPC 83)
in combination with
"TICAE" (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 90),
"TICA" (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 89)
"PP" (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 81)
"helmet" (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 98)
"dolphin" (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 95, MPC 96, MPC 97)
"TICA"
(countermark
Martini
Pangerl 89)
"AVG",
"TICAE",Helmet
on
averse,Dolphin on
reverse,
on Ephesos As of Augustus, countermarks originating from Moesia
"TICAE" and "AVC" on a
dupondius
of Antiochia
"AVG" and "TICAE",
TI*C*A, PP
on Augustus Eastern As, often found in Moesia region (Bulgaria), and
either
late Augustean or Tiberian.. Often combined with "Dolphin" and "Helmet"
cmk. "TI.C.A" thought to be from Claudian times
"TICAE"
and "AVG"
Imitation
"TI*C*A" on As size coin, countermark likely from Claudius, often on coins found in the Moesia Region (Bulgaria), similiar to the countermark above found on Caligula Asses in the Rhine region. The countermark may also be from Titus (Titus Caesar Augustus).
TI*C*A in mirror writing (crude imitation), and in regular
shape
Modern fake TI*C*A* countermarks on a barbarous imitation coin
of
Augustus
more fake TI*C*A* s