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<p>[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 7953974, member: 104741"]Congrats, Ryro. Cool coin!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The more I look at that shield the less sense it makes to me. A lion? A happy, smiling baby griffin? But I can't even do a Rorschach test properly... </p><p><br /></p><p>I like your variety with the eagle sitting on Zeus' facing hand instead of on top of a flat hand. Isn't that a characteristic of the earlier issues and a throwback to the Baaltars on the Mazaios staters from Tarsos?</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin holds no mystery; it's Babylon and has a torch as mintmark. It's dated between 325 and 323, so I'm optimistically hoping it is a lifetime issue. Also, it's worn. But hey, it's Babylon. And that's where I wanted my Alexander to come from. So I'm happy with it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378545[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 7953974, member: 104741"]Congrats, Ryro. Cool coin!:) The more I look at that shield the less sense it makes to me. A lion? A happy, smiling baby griffin? But I can't even do a Rorschach test properly... I like your variety with the eagle sitting on Zeus' facing hand instead of on top of a flat hand. Isn't that a characteristic of the earlier issues and a throwback to the Baaltars on the Mazaios staters from Tarsos? My coin holds no mystery; it's Babylon and has a torch as mintmark. It's dated between 325 and 323, so I'm optimistically hoping it is a lifetime issue. Also, it's worn. But hey, it's Babylon. And that's where I wanted my Alexander to come from. So I'm happy with it. [ATTACH=full]1378545[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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