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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6271906, member: 99456"][USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] - I am just discovering this post and unfortunately it looks like your coin image is no longer linked. Here's my tetradrachm from these unusual coins - issued by Cappadocians printing coins in the the name of Antiochus VII. Links to more information on this coin, including the Lorber reference articles in <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/printing-foreign-money" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/printing-foreign-money" rel="nofollow">my Notes post</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247672[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Syria, Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos VII Sidetes</b>, 138-129 BC, AR Tetradrachm, 16.34g, Cappadocian Mint, Posthumous issue (Group 12?) under <b>Ariobarzanes I </b>of Cappadocia (?)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Athena standing left, holding spear and crowning Nike; two monograms to inner left, shield to right inscribed; monogram to inner right; all within wreath</p><p><b>Ref:</b> SC-<a href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2144" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2144" rel="nofollow">2144.2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think this one is <b>Obv die A108</b> from Lorber's catalogs with a more uncommon secondary control:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247677[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247678[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6271906, member: 99456"][USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] - I am just discovering this post and unfortunately it looks like your coin image is no longer linked. Here's my tetradrachm from these unusual coins - issued by Cappadocians printing coins in the the name of Antiochus VII. Links to more information on this coin, including the Lorber reference articles in [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/printing-foreign-money']my Notes post[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1247672[/ATTACH] [B]Syria, Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos VII Sidetes[/B], 138-129 BC, AR Tetradrachm, 16.34g, Cappadocian Mint, Posthumous issue (Group 12?) under [B]Ariobarzanes I [/B]of Cappadocia (?) [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head right [B]Rev: [/B]Athena standing left, holding spear and crowning Nike; two monograms to inner left, shield to right inscribed; monogram to inner right; all within wreath [B]Ref:[/B] SC-[URL='http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2144']2144.2[/URL] I think this one is [B]Obv die A108[/B] from Lorber's catalogs with a more uncommon secondary control: [ATTACH=full]1247677[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1247678[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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