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<p>[QUOTE="David@PCC, post: 4586912, member: 80556"]It's the furthest east mint of the Seleucids opened by Seleucus I. I did a write up about the mint <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coin-from-a-mint-on-the-edge-of-the-world.328153/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coin-from-a-mint-on-the-edge-of-the-world.328153/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coin-from-a-mint-on-the-edge-of-the-world.328153/</a></p><p>They knew coins came from this site from the same delta circle design found on bricks that were being dug up. </p><p><br /></p><p>I surmised it is unpublished because I have not found another nor were able to find it in any reference. You are right the symbol above and before the nose is frequent on Drachms but do not occur on Hemidrachms. See the known examples <a href="http://allcoinage.com/reverse_type.php?reverse_type=horse_head_right&type_desc=Horned Horse Head Right" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://allcoinage.com/reverse_type.php?reverse_type=horse_head_right&type_desc=Horned Horse Head Right" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I still need to add my unpublished example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David@PCC, post: 4586912, member: 80556"]It's the furthest east mint of the Seleucids opened by Seleucus I. I did a write up about the mint [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coin-from-a-mint-on-the-edge-of-the-world.328153/[/URL] They knew coins came from this site from the same delta circle design found on bricks that were being dug up. I surmised it is unpublished because I have not found another nor were able to find it in any reference. You are right the symbol above and before the nose is frequent on Drachms but do not occur on Hemidrachms. See the known examples [URL='http://allcoinage.com/reverse_type.php?reverse_type=horse_head_right&type_desc=Horned Horse Head Right']here[/URL]. I still need to add my unpublished example.[/QUOTE]
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