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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Muhammad Niazi, post: 7578528, member: 83232&quot;]Hello im alive. I toned down on the coin collecting as I diverted funds toward ancient pottery, but anyway, acquired some cool stuff recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite acquisition is one for my indogreek series,</p><p>added hippostratos to the collection, a king id been on the lookout for.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306282[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hippostratos, Silver tetradrachm</b></p><p>Bare-headed, diademed bust of king right, Greek legend around:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / IΠΠOΣTPATOY</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (Basileos Soteros Hippostratou ... <i>of King Hippostratos, the saviour</i>)</p><p>King mounted on prancing horse right, monogram below,</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Kharoshthi legend around: <i>maharajasa tratarasa mahatasa jayamtasa / hipustratasa</i></p><p><br /></p><p>its slightly chipped from the side, but thats just another theme with my indogreek silvers lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>love the horsie on it, mistook it for a philoxenos tet on first glance. The detail of the kings armour survived also.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306283[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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