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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4258007, member: 96635"]Welcome [USER=111387]@Herodotus[/USER]! First of all you picked a great name, the Histories was one of the first books I read from ancient Greek historians. Second of all, we are here to talk about your addiction if you need to, but I guess everyone is only going to tell you to buy more ancient coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin! It will be nice if you become a fellow Seleukid collector, there are not many of them on the forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my Seleukid elephant coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/mapu1rR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Antiochos III Megas (223 - 187 B.C.) Æ Denomination A. Uncertain military mint 73 associated with Ekbatana, circa 210 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Antiochus III right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXΟΥ (“of King Antiochos”). Elephant advancing right; anchor to left, monogram between legs.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 1275c. HGC 9, 469.</p><p>16.28g; 25mm</p><p>From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4258007, member: 96635"]Welcome [USER=111387]@Herodotus[/USER]! First of all you picked a great name, the Histories was one of the first books I read from ancient Greek historians. Second of all, we are here to talk about your addiction if you need to, but I guess everyone is only going to tell you to buy more ancient coins :D Nice coin! It will be nice if you become a fellow Seleukid collector, there are not many of them on the forum. Here is one of my Seleukid elephant coins: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/mapu1rR.jpg[/IMG] [B]Antiochos III Megas (223 - 187 B.C.) Æ Denomination A. Uncertain military mint 73 associated with Ekbatana, circa 210 B.C. Obverse:[/B] Diademed head of Antiochus III right. [B]Reverse:[/B] BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXΟΥ (“of King Antiochos”). Elephant advancing right; anchor to left, monogram between legs. [B]Reference:[/B] SC 1275c. HGC 9, 469. 16.28g; 25mm From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.[/QUOTE]
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