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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6297395, member: 85693&quot;]Just last month I got my first <i>square </i>Bactrian and like the OP it features Dioscuri caps.&nbsp; This is definitely an entry-level coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d hankered for one of these for a while, but didn&#039;t want to pay the price for a decent one.&nbsp; This one was only $5.50 and it looks it, but I like it enough that I am more interested in finding an upgrade - this is the closest thing to a collecting &quot;method&quot; I have - wait and see if I like a cruddy one, then try to get a slightly better one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It was a lot chunkier than I&#039;d expected - it&#039;s like a big Chiclets, but non-chewable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249498[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Indo-Greek K.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Quadruple</b></p><p><b>Antialcidas (c. 130-120 B.C.)</b></p><p>BAΣIΛEΩΣ&nbsp; NIKHΦOPOY ANTIAΛKIΔOY, Zeus laureate bust right, thunderbolt over left shoulder / Kharoshthi legend <i>maharajasa</i> <i>jayadharasa</i> <i>amtialikidasa</i>, palms and pioloi of the Dioscuri, <u>ΔHY</u> lower left.</p><p>(7.64 grams / 16 mm square)</p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>CoinIndia BOP numbers:</p><p><b>BOP 17C:</b>&nbsp; thunderbolt on Zeus&#039;s left shoulder</p><p><b>BOP 16B:</b>&nbsp; thunderbolt held in Zeus&#039;s right hand.</p><p><a href="http://coinindia.com/galleriesantialcidas.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/galleriesantialcidas.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinindia.com/galleriesantialcidas.html</a></p><p>Wildwinds: <b>BOP série 17B.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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