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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 7674920, member: 96635&quot;]That are 3 great coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! As you already know I am very fond (and jealous <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) of your Seleukos hemidrachm, a great purchase. Also interesting to see a helmeted portrait of Alexander made so late after his death, I wonder if it is all accurately made, or was it based on statues?</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually received a very interesting coin recently. It is an extremely rare Seleukid issue, and the relief is not great, but very nice nonetheless:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318393[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antiochos III Megas (223 - 187 B.C.) Æ Denomination B (double). Susa mint, struck ca. 220-208 BC.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b>&nbsp; Diademed, draped, and horned bust of Antiochos III three quarters right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY. Artemis huntress standing left, holding arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 1221.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a facing helmeted portrait of the other Megas: Antiochos III the Great![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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