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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3261807, member: 87809&quot;]Just arrived!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>After expecting a month-long wait, they surprised me today. I am walking on clouds <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In hand they are even much better than the pictures, just gorgeous<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you Severus Alexander for making this possible!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is the right one but the included description doesn&#039;t seem to be right, they must have put the wrong description into the slip. It says &quot;Seleukos I Nikator, in the name of Alexander III of Macedon&quot;, &quot;Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin&quot; and &quot;Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding eagle and scepter, MP monogram in wreath in left field, MI below throne&quot;, Babylon I mint, struck ca. 311 - 300 BC, which clearly doesn&#039;t match the coin. The weight and diameter don&#039;t match either </p><p><br /></p><p>The correct description, as can be seen on the biddr.ch site for Lot 54 is:</p><p>SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA, Antiochos I Soter, AR Tetradrachm</p><p>Seleukeia on the Tigris, 281-261 BC; </p><p>29 mm, 16.81 g</p><p>Ref.: SC 379.6</p><p>Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos right, border of dots </p><p style="text-align: center">Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow, resting hand on grounded bow; monograms to outer left and right. The monograms are numbers 97 and 139 in &quot;Numismatica Hellenica - A catalogue of Greek coins&quot;</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]858122[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one (it came without description, but I have it from the site) is:</p><p>AR Drachm, Illyria, Apollonia, ca. 64 BC, moneyer Aristen and magistrate Psilloy</p><p>17 mm, 2.71 g</p><p>Ref.: Class A5Lc1, Ceka 22; </p><p>Obverse: APIΣTHN, cow standing left, suckling calf; to left, long torch; in exergue, wreath.</p><p>Reverse: AΠOΛ, double stellate pattern with petal-shape rays; around ΨΥΛ ΛΟ ΟΥ</p><p>The ethnic attribute is the abbreviated name AΠOΛ for Apollonia</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]858123[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>The Seleucid coin is replacing the one I showed sometime ago that is of very low weight and considered fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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