Rare Countermark in Old Edessan

435, Lot: 241. Estimate $100. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Æ (26mm, 13.44 g, 12h). Countermark applied before AD 115-116. “M ‘NW” (= Manou in Old Edessan) in a square stamp on a bronze of Augustus from Antioch. Howgego 695. Host Good Fine, c/m VF. Rare.

From the Richard Baker Collection.

This countermark was applied by one of the Kings of Osroene by the name of Manou, though precisely which one cannot be determined.