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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4256284, member: 111387&quot;]Thanks.&nbsp; I really like the bottle cap ones too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a pretty hard time attributing this next coin.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t make out what was going on here at all.&nbsp; I spent a fair amount of time studying it in the light.&nbsp; Being that it is around 13mm also didn&#039;t help in my attempts at deciphering the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was unable to see any sort of portrait(?) on the obverse(?), and then it hit.&nbsp; That sort of looks like an elephant head.&nbsp; If it weren&#039;t for my first coin in this thread, I may not have had the revelation.&nbsp; Thanks to the internets, the rest came easier.&nbsp; I now can now identify the off-centered veiled bust.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://srv2.imgonline.com.ua/result_img/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-MpwFSUFZYbBvrymO.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seleukid Kings, Antiochos IV (175-164 BC). Æ Serrate. Antioch, c. 175-173/2. Veiled and diademed bust of Laodike IV r. R/ Head of elephant l.; below, prow</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple more Pachyderms that were included in my large lot.&nbsp; The obverses aren&#039;t much to look at, and the reverses/legends are much better in hand<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Of special note:&nbsp; One of them has a counterstamp of an anchor.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.imgonline.com.ua/result_img/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-HYTRA3X1FyPZYWQ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(LEFT)Antiochos III ‘the Great’ 222-187 BC Laureate head of Antiochos III as Apollo / Mahout on elephant; tripod to left, horse head below; anchor countermark</p><p><br /></p><p>(RIGHT)Antiochos I 280-261 BC Shield decorated with head of Gorgon at center / Elephant walking right, anchor above, monogram below[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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