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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2567123, member: 42634&quot;]Well, my birthday is this coming Saturday (19th) but my birthday present already arrived, so i&#039;ll go ahead and post.&nbsp; This was from myself, I always buy me the best presents!</p><p><br /></p><p>An eastern/greek AR tet has been on my list for two years now, so this was long overdue.&nbsp; This is a sweet coin, and my photograph...taken on my back deck...is actually pretty damned good.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_3239_zpsq5nwpge2.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_3239_zpsq5nwpge2.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_3239_zpsq5nwpge2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Azes (II?), Indo-Scythian Kingdom, Ar Tetradrachm, 1st century BC</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: King mounted on horse right, holding whip, Kharoshthi letter at right, Greek legend around: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY R: Pallas Athena standing right, holding right hand outstretched, holding spear in left, monograms at left and right, Kharoshthi legend around: maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa / ayasa 24 mm, 9.6 g Reference: MIG 848k, Sen 98.374T</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at that obverse, pretty sweet!&nbsp; The reverse has is obvious faults, but the what is on the flan is pretty darn sharp except for that little bit on Athena&#039;s head.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually said &quot;WOW&#039; aloud when I pulled this thing out of the envelope, besides it&#039;s good looks...it felt great when it hit my hand.&nbsp; A nice thick well stuck coin.&nbsp; I love that.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554767[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE: As I understand it, there is some debate as to if Azes I and II where actually two guys or one, hence the question mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post you indo-greek, indo-sythian, silvers![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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