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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4250239, member: 75937&quot;]After more than 2-1/2 days, I&#039;m going to assume nobody has a pentagram and invoke the 12-hour rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since Bing&#039;s coin had Zeus seated on its reverse, I&#039;m going to post this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cleopatra-thea-antiochus-viii-jpg.999984/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII.</p><p>AR tetradrachm; 15.85 gm, 27 mm.</p><p>Antioch mint, 125-121 BC.</p><p>Obv: Jugate busts, right.</p><p>Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne.</p><p>Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135.</p><p>Notes: Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren. Obverse die match to an example sold in Baldwin&#039;s, Dmitry Markov and M&amp;M Numismatics New York Sale IX, January 13, 2005.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next up: a portrait of someone named Antiochus. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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