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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1759299, member: 44183"]<font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Here is another cool elephant coin from a few years later-on ... </span></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>SYRIA, Seleukid Kings</b></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Antiochos VI Dionysos</b></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">145-142 BC</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Antioch mint</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 22 mm</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 8.21 grams</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Diademed and radiate head right </span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: BASILEWS ANTIOCOU [E]PIFANOUS [DION]US[OU], Elephant standing left; STA above control mark (???) in right field</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Houghton 249; SNG Spaer 1774ff</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Other: VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights</span></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]278071[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]278072[/ATTACH]</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I'm lovin' the desert-patina on these coins, eh? </span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1759299, member: 44183"][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]Here is another cool elephant coin from a few years later-on ... [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][B]SYRIA, Seleukid Kings[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][B]Antiochos VI Dionysos[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]145-142 BC[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Antioch mint[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 22 mm[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Weight: 8.21 grams[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Obverse: Diademed and radiate head right [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Reverse: BASILEWS ANTIOCOU [E]PIFANOUS [DION]US[OU], Elephant standing left; STA above control mark (???) in right field[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Reference: Houghton 249; SNG Spaer 1774ff[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Other: VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][ATTACH=full]278071[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]278072[/ATTACH][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]Yah, I'm lovin' the desert-patina on these coins, eh? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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