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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5227478, member: 85693&quot;]Here is Antiochos IV, one of my poorer specimens.&nbsp; I found it in the local dealer&#039;s junk box for $2. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I was researching it, I found some very interesting articles about this coin causing a bit of a stir when found in Jerusalem at Tower of David, as it is a tangible sign of the Seleucid occupation.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the Jerusalem Times article - I like how they call it a &quot;bronze penny&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/coin-struck-by-vilified-king-from-hanukkah-story-found-in-jerusalem/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/coin-struck-by-vilified-king-from-hanukkah-story-found-in-jerusalem/" rel="nofollow">https://www.timesofisrael.com/coin-struck-by-vilified-king-from-hanukkah-story-found-in-jerusalem/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine - it is worse than the one they found in the Tower of David, which is saying a lot! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/seleucid-antiochos-iv-goddess-az-dec-2019-0-jpg.1095608/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom Æ 13</b></p><p><b>Antiochus IV Epiphanes</b></p><p><b>(c. 175-164 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Ake-Ptolemaïs mint </b></p><p>Radiate head of Antiochus right / AΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ANTIOXOY, veiled goddess (Hera?) standing left, holding sceptre (or torch?)</p><p>Spaer 1130; SGCV II 6994;SC 1479; Hoover 726; BMC 41.</p><p>(3.17 grams / 13 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the &quot;Egyptianized&quot; ones, like the OP:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216694[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 32</b></p><p><b>Antiochos IV Epiphanes</b></p><p><b>Post-Conquest Egyptianized <b>Series.&nbsp; </b></b></p><p><b><b>Antioch Mint</b></b></p><p><b>(169-168 B.C.)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>Laureate head of&nbsp; Zeus-Serapis rt. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt.</p><p>SC 1412; Svoronos 1416.</p><p>(35.62 grams / 32 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Hanukkah, everybody![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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