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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4862525, member: 96635"]Very nice coins [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]! Asia Minor has a lot of obscure and interesting coin issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>My cornucopia coins:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GrzivK4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Demetrios II Nikator, First Reign (146-138 B.C.) AR Drachm, ΔΗ mint in Syria or Phoenicia, year ΔOP (174) = 139/8 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Demetrios to right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΠIΛAΔEΛΠOY NIKATOPOΣ, cornucopia; ΔH monogram and ΔOP (date) below.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 1936; HGC 9, 978.</p><p>3.72g; 18mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/L7WJRDc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Demetrios I Soter (161-150 B.C.) AR Drachm. Barbaric (Galatian?) contemporary imitation of Antioch mint issue dated 152/1 BC (SE 161)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head right of Demetrios I right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Cornucopia; below, two monograms above AΞ(P) (date) below.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> For type: SC 1657.</p><p>4.30g; 15mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/r4BE1q9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 B.C.) Æ Denomination B, Antioch mint. Struck ca. 109-96 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Radiate and diademed head of Antiochus VIII right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXΟΥ EΠIΦANOYΣ (“of King Antiochos the Illustrious”). Filleted double cornucopiae oriented to right.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 2312;</p><p>5.72g; 21mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4862525, member: 96635"]Very nice coins [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]! Asia Minor has a lot of obscure and interesting coin issues. My cornucopia coins: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/GrzivK4.jpg[/IMG] [B]Demetrios II Nikator, First Reign (146-138 B.C.) AR Drachm, ΔΗ mint in Syria or Phoenicia, year ΔOP (174) = 139/8 B.C. Obverse:[/B] Diademed head of Demetrios to right. [B]Reverse:[/B] BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΠIΛAΔEΛΠOY NIKATOPOΣ, cornucopia; ΔH monogram and ΔOP (date) below. [B]Reference:[/B] SC 1936; HGC 9, 978. 3.72g; 18mm [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/L7WJRDc.jpg[/IMG] [B]Demetrios I Soter (161-150 B.C.) AR Drachm. Barbaric (Galatian?) contemporary imitation of Antioch mint issue dated 152/1 BC (SE 161) Obverse:[/B] Diademed head right of Demetrios I right. [B]Reverse:[/B] Cornucopia; below, two monograms above AΞ(P) (date) below. [B]Reference:[/B] For type: SC 1657. 4.30g; 15mm [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/r4BE1q9.jpg[/IMG] [B]Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 B.C.) Æ Denomination B, Antioch mint. Struck ca. 109-96 B.C. Obverse:[/B] Radiate and diademed head of Antiochus VIII right. [B]Reverse:[/B] BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXΟΥ EΠIΦANOYΣ (“of King Antiochos the Illustrious”). Filleted double cornucopiae oriented to right. [B]Reference:[/B] SC 2312; 5.72g; 21mm[/QUOTE]
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