439, Lot: 269. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNCERTAIN EAST. Æ (22mm, 7.40 g). Countermark applied 2nd century AD. AVII(?) in rectangular countermark on a bronze of Caracalla from Seleucia Pieria. Howgego –. Host Fine, c/m Near VF, green patina with brown earthen deposits.

From the Richard Baker Collection.

The collector suggests an interpretation of Legio II Augusta, but this unit was primarily stationed in Britain, and it would be unusual for its countermark to appear on a bronze of Seleucia Pieria