★ Laurel branch countermark ★

Traian AE As, Antioch, countermarked
Trajan (98-117 AD). Æ As (29 mm, 15.95 g). Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch. Struck AD 116-117.
Obv. AYTOKR KAIC NEP TPAIANOC APICT CEB ΓEP ΔAK ΠAPΘ, Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. Large S C, C below; all within laurel wreath.
McAlee 496; for countermark, see Howgego 378.
Laurel branch countermark on obverse.
Howgego notes that the laurel branch countermark appears as an undertype on a Bar Kochba bronze, indicating that it was applied prior to 132-135 AD.