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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 2523414, member: 80556&quot;]Sounds like you got a decent deal.</p><p>From parthia.com -&gt;</p><p>The Seleucid Era (S.E.) is based on a lunar calendar, beginning with the autumn of 312 B.C.</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Calculate Seleucid Era dates as follows:<ul> <li>If the Seleucid year is 312 or less, subtract it from 313 to get the date B.C. This will give the year beginning in October.<ul> <li>Example: <b>ΒΙΤ</b> = 312 Seleucid Era, which subtracted from 313 leaves 1, corresponding to 1 B.C./A.D. 1 (from October of 1 B.C. through September of A.D. 1). There is no year 0, of course</li> </ul></li> <li>If the Seleucid year is 313 or more, subtract 312 from it to get the date A.D. This will give the year beginning in October.<ul> <li>Example: <b>ΓΙΤ</b> = 313 Seleucid Era, from which subtract 312, leaving 1, corresponding to A.D. 1/2 (from October of A.D. 1 through September of A.D. 2)</li> <li>Example: <b>ΔΞΥ</b> = 464 Seleucid Era, from which subtract 312, leaving 152, corresponding to A.D. 152/153(from October of A.D. 152 through September of A.D. 153)</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul><p>Looks like yours would be 138/137 however I don&#039;t have access to my books at the moment.&nbsp; Here is one of mine.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]538318[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antiochus VII</p><p>Mint: Antioch</p><p>AE 19</p><p>Year 176/ 137 BC</p><p>Obvs: Bust of Eros right wearing myrtle wreath.</p><p>Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYEPГETOY, Head-dress of Isis. *ΔoP</p><p>19mm, 6.0g.</p><p>SNG Isr.258.1913, SC 2 2067.2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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