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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8316366, member: 85693&quot;]Thanks for posting this, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] - I was particularly interested because the temple they found was for Zeus-Kasios, a deity I&#039;d never heard of until earlier this year when I got a coin from Syria featuring his sacred stone.&nbsp; It surprised me that such a specific, local version of Zeus from Syria had a temple in Egypt - I&#039;d think Zeus-Ammon would&#039;ve been the Egyptian version worshipped there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There was a post by [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] that (as usual!) is very informative about Zeus-Kasios and his coins.&nbsp; Furthermore, I was happy to find that my coin is an obverse die-match for his: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zeus-kasios.337057/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zeus-kasios.337057/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zeus-kasios.337057/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my Zeus-Kasios from Syria: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472508[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 23</b></p><p><b>RY 4 (100/101 A.D.) (See note)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleukis and Pieria</b></p><p>A[VTOKP] KAIC NEPTPAIANO[C APICT CEB]ΓEPM ΔA]K, laureate head right / CELEVK[EΩ]N - ΠΙΕΡΙΑϹ sacred stone of Zeus Kasios in shrine surmounted by eagle, Δ (?) in right field, ZEVC | KACI[OC] in exergue.</p><p>eBay Jan. 2022</p><p>(10.46 grams / 23 x 21 mm)</p><p>RPC III 3771; BMC 39 and 43; CRS 420/55a and 59a.</p><p>Date is mostly missing, but point of Δ might be visible; 2 die obv. die matches are Δ. </p><p><b>Obv. die matches:</b></p><p>Jochen1 on Coin Talk (04/2019)</p><p>moonmoth on FORVM (2009)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an enhanced version of the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472510[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sacred stone or Jabba the Hutt?&nbsp; What every collector wants is the rare Princess Leia-in-captivity issue.&nbsp; Out of my price range however, as are most of the coins of ancient Tatooine.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472511[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>By Lucasfilm - This is a screenshot taken from an optical disc, television broadcast, web page, computer software or streaming media broadcast of Return of the Jedi., Fair use, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39243829" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39243829" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39243829</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the obverse compared to the one [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] posted:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472509[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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