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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 7031095, member: 96635&quot;]Always nice to have an unique coin, and a pretty one as well, congrats!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few unique coins, but this one is a complete new type, even confirmed by Mr. Hoover.</p><p>It is a new coin type and new bronze denomination that was struck during Antiochos VIII his relatively short 2nd reign at Antioch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1274028[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 B.C.) AE Denomination C. Antiochia on the Orontes mint, <b>2nd reign at Antioch,</b> 112-111/10 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed and radiate head of Antiochos VIII to right, filleted border.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY – [EΠIΦANOYΣ]. Club</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Unpublished and unique</p><p>2.30; 11mm</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is a previously unknown denomination C of Antiochos VIII with the mint of Antioch and the time of his second reign as the most likely mint and period of issue. Notwithstanding the novelty of the fillet border, Antioch had some tradition of using the club of Herakles for denomination C going back to the reign of Antiochos VII (SC 2068). Antiochus IX had also just used it for his first reign at Antioch (SC 2365) immediately preceding the second reign of Antiochos VIII at the city. Also, the second reign is the only one which no denomination C for Antiochus VIII is known. Well until now![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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