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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3524000, member: 91461&quot;]Why are we always driven to extremes? When it comes auction time it&#039;s always the best of men (and women) and worst that you have to Shell out da big bucks for. </p><p>Of course the Greeks definition of &quot;hero&quot; was much different then ours. To them it wasn&#039;t about good or bad, it was about impact. Whether you kill a hundred people of save them, you were a &quot;hero&quot;.</p><p>Here&#039;s a cheapo lil bottle cap of his:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]935904[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochos IV Epiphanes</p><p>KINGS of SYRIA. 175-164 BCE Serrate Æ Ake- Ptolemaïs mint. Struck circa 173/2-168 BC. Diademed and radiate head right; monogram behind / Veiled goddess standing facing, holding scepter. SC 1479; HGC 9, 726. VF, earthen brown patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>And a fun elephant head reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]935906[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochos IV Epiphanes</p><p>175-164 B.C. AE 13 (12.7 mm, 2.50 g, 11 h). Ake-Ptolemaïs mint, Struck 175-ca.173/2 B.C. Diademed, veiled and draped bust of Laodike IV right; monogram behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, head of elephant left; prow to lower right; monogram above elephant&#039;s trunk . SC 1477.2; Kadman 19; SNG Spaer 1102. VF[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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