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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 25999367, member: 92212&quot;]Wonderful acquisition, [USER=112673]@Denis Richard[/USER]!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That example has an attractive &quot;character&quot; about it. And the portrait is quite expressive! (Not to mention that your photography makes it look like I could reach out to my laptop&#039;s screen and touch the coin.) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Literally every time I see that &quot;cone on star&quot; which is found on multiple types of tetradrachms, I wonder if it could have been intended to depict a lighthouse.&nbsp; The coin&#039;s attribution date makes it just a little too early to be the famous, ancient lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the seven ancient wonders).&nbsp; But still . . . to me . . . it is easier on my imagination to see it as a lighthouse shining its light brightly, than to see it as a generic &quot;cone&quot; with a star somewhat strangely situated atop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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