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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 2922053, member: 31533&quot;]I have been off and on perusing ancients to see what might call out to me, and today this little one sang its siren song. Which is amazing because who would have thought an elephant could sing???</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps though, I was attracted to it as much for the elephant and the Antiochos VI Dionysos image on the obverse side, as I was because of the bottle cap edge. Pretty darn cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like I will be learning about Hellenistic and Syrian coins with this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the sellers pics:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]707710[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Seleukid Kingdom: Antiochos VI Dionysos Serrated Unit</p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch Mint 144-142 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Radiate and diademed head right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Elephant advancing left, holding torch in trunk; to right, STA Date above palm frond</p><p><br /></p><p>References: SC 2006b; HGC 9, 1043</p><p><br /></p><p>Size: 22mm, 7.77g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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