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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 24815600, member: 85693"]Gotta love those Seleucid elephants. I have some countermarked elephants, as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cm-seleucid-ant-iii-horse-head-jan-2020-0-jpg.1062514/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>Æ 24</b></p><p><b>Antiochos III the Great</b></p><p><b>Military mint in Ekbatana</b></p><p><b>c. 210 B.C. / countermarked <b>in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.</b></b></p><p>Antiochos III as Apollo right / [ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ], elephant & mahout right, [tripod & monogram?]. SC 1272</p><p><b>Countermark:</b> Horse head.</p><p>(14.06 grams / 24 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here another one with a smaller horse head and an anchor:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cm-seleucid-ant-iii-horse-head-anchor-ap-2019-0-jpg.1062512/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>Æ 21</b></p><p><b>Antiochos III the Great <b>Military mint in Ekbatana <b>c. 210 B.C. / countermarked <b>in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.</b></b></b></b></p><p>Antiochos III as Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant & mahout right.</p><p><b>CM:</b> Anchor & Horse’s Head</p><p>SC 1084e; ESM 656; Spaer</p><p>819-821</p><p>(8.01 grams / 21 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the two of them together - note the size/weight difference:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cm-seleucid-ant-iii-horse-head-anchor-2-types-2020-0-jpg.1062513/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For both of these I am attaching this note:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The...bronzes were apparently countermarked first with a horse head, and later with an anchor...The Seleucid army needed to impose the use of this fiduciary</p><p>coinage on the population of Ptolemaic Coele Syria during the Fifth Syrian War in order to ensure provisions for its troops."</p><p>SC I, Appendix 2, (p. 66)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 24815600, member: 85693"]Gotta love those Seleucid elephants. I have some countermarked elephants, as follows: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cm-seleucid-ant-iii-horse-head-jan-2020-0-jpg.1062514/[/IMG] [B]Seleucid[/B] [B]Kingdom[/B] [B]Æ 24 Antiochos III the Great Military mint in Ekbatana c. 210 B.C. / countermarked [B]in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.[/B][/B] Antiochos III as Apollo right / [ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ], elephant & mahout right, [tripod & monogram?]. SC 1272 [B]Countermark:[/B] Horse head. (14.06 grams / 24 mm) Here another one with a smaller horse head and an anchor: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cm-seleucid-ant-iii-horse-head-anchor-ap-2019-0-jpg.1062512/[/IMG] [B]Seleucid[/B] [B]Kingdom[/B] [B]Æ 21 Antiochos III the Great [B]Military mint in Ekbatana [B]c. 210 B.C. / countermarked [B]in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.[/B][/B][/B][/B] Antiochos III as Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant & mahout right. [B]CM:[/B] Anchor & Horse’s Head SC 1084e; ESM 656; Spaer 819-821 (8.01 grams / 21 mm) Here are the two of them together - note the size/weight difference: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cm-seleucid-ant-iii-horse-head-anchor-2-types-2020-0-jpg.1062513/[/IMG] For both of these I am attaching this note: "The...bronzes were apparently countermarked first with a horse head, and later with an anchor...The Seleucid army needed to impose the use of this fiduciary coinage on the population of Ptolemaic Coele Syria during the Fifth Syrian War in order to ensure provisions for its troops." SC I, Appendix 2, (p. 66)[/QUOTE]
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