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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 8073727, member: 73372&quot;]I recently purchased this Bronze example of Diodotus Tryphon Autokrator </p><p>(142-138 B.C.) to add to my collection of Seleucid Kings. AE18., 5.4gm.,</p><p>Obv: Diademed head, right.</p><p>Rev: Macedonian cavalry helmet with ibex horn, control marks to left.</p><p>BAΣIΛEΩΣ TΡΥΦΩNOΣ to right, AΥTOKΡATOΡOΣ to left.</p><p>Antioch on the Orontes mint.</p><p>Ref: SNG Spaer 1838, Houghton 261,</p><p><br /></p><p>(Does anyone have a definitive answer as to the origin of the &#039;indents&#039; on both sides of these types of coins? Always bronze, not silver?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401073[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401075[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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