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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 3949483, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an AE portrait issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1040694[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Size:</b> 21mm </p><p><b>Weight:</b> 9.2 g</p><p><b>OBV:</b> Jugate busts facing right: Cleopatra Thea, veiled, diademmed and wearing stephane, and Antiochus VIII, diademmed. Dotted border.</p><p><b>REV:</b> Nike standing, facing left holding wreath. Legend in four lines: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. Plain border.</p><p><b>Mint:</b> Uncertain Mint 115: Probably Northern Syria. An example of this type is known to have been overstruck by Tigranes II, whose overstrikes are mostly over issues of Damascus. Usual commercial sources are: Lebanon &amp; Jerusalem.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b> Lorber &amp; Houghton: SC-2265 = CSE-0596; SNG Israel-2467-2469; Sear: S-7138; Babelon 1365; BMC 01, 8. <i>This coin bought from Author Houghton Jan 2008.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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