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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 4562583, member: 73473&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p>I am currently paying off this coin, but I had to share the portrait with the ancients section here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin portraits of the hellenistic age are very detailed and realistic, but this coin&#039;s is a jaw dropper. When I first saw it I stared at my computer screen for about ten minutes admiring the aging portrait of Antiochus I Soter. Something about his facial features just speaks to me on a primordial level; maybe something along the old saying that &quot;remember that you will die&quot;. I just can&#039;t find the words, but seeing an aged Antiochus I with his eyes gazing to the sky makes me feel sad and realize my own mortality. </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1129430[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a write up in the pipe line for later in June involving this coin and the city of Troy, so I won&#039;t spoil too much info about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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