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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4256252, member: 85693"]Welcome to Coin Talk. I stalked for several months before joining. Then I joined. This is NOT the place to come to get over an ancients addiction. The place is full of enablers! </p><p><br /></p><p>Seleucid elephants with horse head countermarks. Countermarks! Now that's a great area to collect, if you like a lot of difficult attributions and making wild guesses. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085337[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b> Æ 21</b></p><p><b>Antiochos III the Great </b></p><p><b><b>Military mint in Ekbatana <b>c. 210 B.C. / countermarked <b>in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.</b></b></b></b></p><p>Antiochos III as Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant & mahout right.</p><p><b>CM:</b> Anchor & Horse’s Head</p><p>SC 1084e; ESM 656; Spaer</p><p>819-821</p><p>(8.01 grams / 21 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b> Æ 24</b></p><p><b>Antiochos III the Great</b></p><p><b>Military mint in Ekbatana c. 210 B.C. / countermarked <b>in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.</b></b></p><p>Antiochos III as Apollo right / [ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ], elephant & mahout right, [tripod & monogram?]. SC 1272</p><p><b>Countermark:</b> Horse head.</p><p>(14.06 grams / 24 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4256252, member: 85693"]Welcome to Coin Talk. I stalked for several months before joining. Then I joined. This is NOT the place to come to get over an ancients addiction. The place is full of enablers! Seleucid elephants with horse head countermarks. Countermarks! Now that's a great area to collect, if you like a lot of difficult attributions and making wild guesses. [ATTACH=full]1085337[/ATTACH] [B]Seleucid[/B] [B]Kingdom[/B] [B] Æ 21 Antiochos III the Great [B]Military mint in Ekbatana [B]c. 210 B.C. / countermarked [B]in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.[/B][/B][/B][/B] Antiochos III as Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant & mahout right. [B]CM:[/B] Anchor & Horse’s Head SC 1084e; ESM 656; Spaer 819-821 (8.01 grams / 21 mm) [B]Seleucid[/B] [B]Kingdom[/B] [B] Æ 24 Antiochos III the Great Military mint in Ekbatana c. 210 B.C. / countermarked [B]in Coele-Syria c. 202-198 B.C.[/B][/B] Antiochos III as Apollo right / [ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ], elephant & mahout right, [tripod & monogram?]. SC 1272 [B]Countermark:[/B] Horse head. (14.06 grams / 24 mm)[/QUOTE]
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