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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2885228, member: 82322&quot;]I also have a Tyche of Tarsos.&nbsp; Tarsos has been using this design for a long time.&nbsp; &nbsp; I especially like the Zeus side which reminds me of the coinage of Alexander the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t able to re-shoot the photo and only have this image from a scanner.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692339[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cilicia, Tarsos, 164-27 BC, AE26, 13.54g</p><p>Obv: ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ / ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΝΙΚΟ-ΛΑΟΝ; Zeus seated left, holding Nike with wreath and staff.</p><p>Rev: ΟΡΤΥΓΟΘΗ ΡΑ; Tyche seated right on stool, holding poppy and corn-ears, river-god Kyndos swimming right below.</p><p>Ref: SNG Levante 984, SNG Paris 1387 </p><p>Stacks/Coin Galleries April 2005, lot 135</p><p><br /></p><p>I always wonder what the poppy signified on these coins.&nbsp; I assume it is an opium poppy and implies medical powers are an attribute of Tyche.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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