Колективна находка с контрамаркирани монети на Одесос от Варна
Coin Hoard with Countermarked Coins of Odessos from Varna

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a coin hoard from a private collection from Varna. It comprises five bronze coins. They were all minted in Odessos and later were stamped with countermarks of Odessos as well. The hoard was found in now-days Varna 2.5 km northeast from the ancient Odessos. Allthe coins have Odessos’ type obverse and reverse. Obverse: Persephone head right with taenia, earrings and necklace. Reverse: The Great God Pluto holding rithon or cornucopiae reclining right on base inscribed OΔHΣITΩN (between 301–200 BC). All the coins bear the Odessos’ type countermark “ΘΕΟΥ cornucopiae”. Coin № 2 in the catalogue is especially valuable because it has two countermarks – after being countermarked with the abovementioned type it was stamped once again, this time with – „The Great God Pluto holding cornucopiae reclining right on base“. This observation is important because it was believed so far that the mark „The Great God Pluto…“ preceded chronologically the „ΘΕΟΥ cornucopiae“ one. We think this hoard was hidden into the ground in the period between 200 – 150 BC.

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