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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5584729, member: 97383"]Excellent article Donna <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The griffin was obviously an important symbol for Greco-Roman culture as your coins illustrate. I like the Philip II bronze with well detailed reverse <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The DELTA symbol on the reverse of that coin might relate to the 4 Eparchy's, an administrative district of 4 different mints that worked in unison to strike coinage. On many of the Tets struck in Syria you'll see the letters DELTA & EPSILON in the reverse fields, like the coin pictured below. Those letters did identify Antioch as 1 of the 4 Eparchy's.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241773[/ATTACH] </p><p>The coin you mentioned in the article from Alexandria, I did sell at CNG 483. It hammered for $275.00, & in that lot I threw in the auction catalog that illustrated the coin in 1984. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241783[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5584729, member: 97383"]Excellent article Donna :D! The griffin was obviously an important symbol for Greco-Roman culture as your coins illustrate. I like the Philip II bronze with well detailed reverse :happy:. The DELTA symbol on the reverse of that coin might relate to the 4 Eparchy's, an administrative district of 4 different mints that worked in unison to strike coinage. On many of the Tets struck in Syria you'll see the letters DELTA & EPSILON in the reverse fields, like the coin pictured below. Those letters did identify Antioch as 1 of the 4 Eparchy's. [ATTACH=full]1241767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241773[/ATTACH] The coin you mentioned in the article from Alexandria, I did sell at CNG 483. It hammered for $275.00, & in that lot I threw in the auction catalog that illustrated the coin in 1984. [ATTACH=full]1241783[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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