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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4306348, member: 85693&quot;]This is one of my poorer specimens of a Seleucid serrate, but I found it in the local dealer&#039;s junk box for $2 which appeals to my scavenger urges. </p><p><br /></p><p>Better yet, when I was researching it, I found some very interesting articles about this coin causing a bit of a stir when found in Jerusalem at Tower of David.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the Jerusalem Times article - there are others online.&nbsp; I like how they call it a &quot;bronze penny&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/coin-struck-by-vilified-king-from-hanukkah-story-found-in-jerusalem/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/coin-struck-by-vilified-king-from-hanukkah-story-found-in-jerusalem/" rel="nofollow">https://www.timesofisrael.com/coin-struck-by-vilified-king-from-hanukkah-story-found-in-jerusalem/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine - it is worse than the one they found in the Tower of David, which is saying a lot!&nbsp; I&#039;m sure CTers have nicer examples - and Ryro has already posted one above:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 13</b></p><p><b>Antiochus IV Epiphanes</b></p><p><b>(c. 175-164 B.C.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Ake-Ptolemaïs mint </b></p><p>Radiate head of Antiochus right / <b>AΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ANTIOXOY, veiled goddess (Hera?) standing left, holding sceptre (or torch?)</b></p><p><b>Spaer 1130; SGCV II 6994;SC 1479; Hoover 726; BMC 41.</b></p><p><b>(3.17 grams / 13 mm)</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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