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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3305078, member: 82322"]I also have a coin from the 5th Syrian war. In case it is too poor, it is a shield with gorgoneion boss / elephant, with horsehead countermark. I bought it from Guy Clark in 2001 probably without seeing a picture of it first. It probably saw a lot of circulation; then the application of the countermark flattened the obverse significantly.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]875915[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III. 223-187 B.C. AE (17 mm, 3.5g).</p><p>Obv: Macedonian shield with gorgoneion on boss</p><p>Rev: Elephant advancing right.</p><p>Countermark: horsehead</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck at "Uncertain mint 60", probably a military mint in Coele-Syria (the modern Beqaa Valley, Lebanon). These often come with the horsehead countermark. See Arthur Houghton, <a href="https://www.academia.edu/8693022/Antiochus_III_in_Coele_Syria_and_Phoenicia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/8693022/Antiochus_III_in_Coele_Syria_and_Phoenicia" rel="nofollow">"Antiochus III in Coele Syria and Phoenicia"</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3305078, member: 82322"]I also have a coin from the 5th Syrian war. In case it is too poor, it is a shield with gorgoneion boss / elephant, with horsehead countermark. I bought it from Guy Clark in 2001 probably without seeing a picture of it first. It probably saw a lot of circulation; then the application of the countermark flattened the obverse significantly. [ATTACH=full]875915[/ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III. 223-187 B.C. AE (17 mm, 3.5g). Obv: Macedonian shield with gorgoneion on boss Rev: Elephant advancing right. Countermark: horsehead This coin was struck at "Uncertain mint 60", probably a military mint in Coele-Syria (the modern Beqaa Valley, Lebanon). These often come with the horsehead countermark. See Arthur Houghton, [URL='https://www.academia.edu/8693022/Antiochus_III_in_Coele_Syria_and_Phoenicia']"Antiochus III in Coele Syria and Phoenicia"[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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