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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4027741, member: 85693&quot;]Lovely coins in this post - I hope I&#039;m not ruining it with this.&nbsp; I recently got this on eBay for $0.99 - I was hoping that obverse pit was a countermark, but after staring at it for a while, I have concluded it is a pit. </p><p><br /></p><p>David&#039;s comment about the tripod is interesting - I <i>think</i> that is a tripod behind Dumbo&#039;s head?&nbsp; Or am I seeing things? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 15</b></p><p><b>Antiochus IV Epiphanes</b></p><p><b>(c. 175-172 B.C.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Antioch mint </b></p><p>Veiled bust of Laodike IV right / [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ANTIOXOY, head of elephant left; tripod behind, ΠA monogram below.</p><p>SNG Spaer 963-969</p><p><b>Countermark?:</b>&nbsp; 3mm obverse.</p><p>(4.41 grams / 15 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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