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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24816966, member: 26430"]Nice elephant coins! I've got a couple of these and agree that they are very underrated coins. Both of the coins below were extremely affordable. I particularly love the Demetrios Horse Head/Elephant Head Serrate:[ATTACH=full]1588524[/ATTACH] <blockquote>Seleukid Kings of Syria, Demetrios I AE Serrate (3.74g, 16mm, 2h), Antioch on the Orontes, 162-150 BCE.Obv: Horse's head left; border of dots.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY. Elephant head right.Ref: SC 1646.Prov: Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) Collection</blockquote> I've been trying for years to get the type in the name of Seleukos IV, which is similar to the one below, but scarcer, and usually hotly contested at auction. I'd also love to have the Antiochos IV that's non-serrate (as in the OP coin). Here's my Laodike IV & Antiochos IV:[ATTACH=full]1588521[/ATTACH] <blockquote>Seleukid Kings of Syria, Antiochos IV Epiphanes & Laodike IV AE Serrate (4.3g, 17.5mm, 1h), Ptolemaïs-Ake mint, 175-172 BCE.Obv: Veiled and diademed bust of Laodike IV right.Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (ANTI·X·Y) in two lines, above & below. Head of elephant left; galley prow behind.Ref: SC 1477; HGC 9, 686.Prov: Uncertain group lot, c. 2000-2013.</blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote>[/QUOTE]