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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2422308, member: 19463&quot;]Ken&#039;s oval question is a good one and I&#039;ll add on a question perhaps related.&nbsp; What sort of blanks were those tets struck on?&nbsp; The coins tend to have a high relief obverse and very flat reverse.&nbsp; Were the blanks cast in cups with extra thickness in the center domed up only on one side?&nbsp; Certainly the earliest had fabric like the Alexanders.&nbsp; But it was not long before we see the style I&#039;d call typical Seleukid. If the flans were not made specially to handle the high relief portraits, I would expect flat strikes and reverse voids that we do not see on these.&nbsp; Has any of the reference books commented on fabric?&nbsp; I have few books or coins of the Hellenistic period silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>If someone wanted to gather just one coin from each Seleukid king, which would be the hard ones?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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