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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5143073, member: 85693"]A very informative write-up. Thanks for sharing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a Demetrios II bronze from the "Pentalpha" mint - this gave me a lot of trouble attributing, since I did not know what a "pentalpha" is - it is not a place - it is a thing:</p><p><br /></p><p>Etymology[<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pentalpha&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pentalpha&action=edit&section=2" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</p><p>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" rel="nofollow">Ancient Greek</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">πένταλφα</a> (péntalpha), from <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5" rel="nofollow">πέντε</a> (pente) and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%B1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%B1" rel="nofollow">ἄλφα</a> (alpha), five alphas. So called for its resemblance to five alphas superimposed at different rotations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Noun[<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pentalpha&action=edit&section=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pentalpha&action=edit&section=3" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</p><p>pentalpha (plural <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentalphas#English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentalphas#English" rel="nofollow">pentalphas</a>)</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>A <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentagram" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentagram" rel="nofollow">pentagram</a>.</li> </ol><p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentalpha" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentalpha" rel="nofollow">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentalpha</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207204[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b> Æ 15</b></p><p><b>Demetrios II Nikator </b></p><p><b>(146-138 B.C.) (first reign) </b></p><p><b>'Pentalpha' Mint (Syria/Phoe.)</b></p><p>Diademed head right / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY right, ΪIΛAΔEΛΪOY [NIKATOPEΣ] left. Cornucopiae between, pentalpha inner left.</p><p>SC 1937; HGC 9, 998.</p><p>(6.98 grams / 15 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5143073, member: 85693"]A very informative write-up. Thanks for sharing. Here's a Demetrios II bronze from the "Pentalpha" mint - this gave me a lot of trouble attributing, since I did not know what a "pentalpha" is - it is not a place - it is a thing: Etymology[[URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pentalpha&action=edit§ion=2']edit[/URL]] From [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek']Ancient Greek[/URL] [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%B1&action=edit&redlink=1']πένταλφα[/URL] (péntalpha), from [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5']πέντε[/URL] (pente) and [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%B1']ἄλφα[/URL] (alpha), five alphas. So called for its resemblance to five alphas superimposed at different rotations. Noun[[URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pentalpha&action=edit§ion=3']edit[/URL]] pentalpha (plural [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentalphas#English']pentalphas[/URL]) [LIST=1] [*]A [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentagram']pentagram[/URL]. [/LIST] [URL]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentalpha[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1207204[/ATTACH] [B]Seleucid[/B] [B]Kingdom[/B] [B] Æ 15 Demetrios II Nikator (146-138 B.C.) (first reign) 'Pentalpha' Mint (Syria/Phoe.)[/B] Diademed head right / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY right, ΪIΛAΔEΛΪOY [NIKATOPEΣ] left. Cornucopiae between, pentalpha inner left. SC 1937; HGC 9, 998. (6.98 grams / 15 mm)[/QUOTE]
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