Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 651. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Large Lots] ROMAN PROVINCIAL. Lot of forty-five countermarked Æ of Macedon-Bithynia. 1st-3rd century AD. Macedon. Howgego 537, 542, 704 // Thrace and Thracian kings. Howgego 183, 390, 527, 534, 561, 751, 820 // Bosporus. Unidentified grid countermark // Bithynia. Howgego 217, 254, 255, 299, 337, 520, 608, 630, 632. There are several varieties of the Nike countermark from Bithynia, not covered by Howgego 245-255, while Howgego 520 is shown to be BYZ•D. Also includes other countermarks on coins of these regions, requiring further research. Average Fair to Fine. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Forty-five (45) coins in lot. ($500)