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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 2968246, member: 80556&quot;]Often they represent the workshops the coin came from and can aid in identifying mints and dating of the coins. Though the control marks are not always known what they represent. Maybe you mis-typed but these are NOT provincials, they are official Greek coins of the Seleukid empire started by a military officer of Alexander the Great. Provincials were not produced until the annexation by Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The internet is terrible for identification, but can be helpful for pricing. The best reference right now is Selucid Coins often sold by CNG. They go for around $400 for the set which can be a bit much for a casual collector. Handbook of Syrian Coins: Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 9 would be also helpful, I picked up mine for around $70.</p><p><br /></p><p>To add to [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER] short list of kings would be Alexander Zabinas and Alexander Balas but there are more. Of the 30+ rulers I am still missing 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>My last coin of last year.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]727792[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antiochus III</p><p>Mint: Antioch on the Orontes</p><p>Series I</p><p>223 to 187 BC</p><p>Obvs: Laureate head of Antiochus as Apollo right. Dotted border.</p><p>Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow. Control mark ¥ outer left.</p><p>23x24mm, 11.96g</p><p>Ref: SC Vol.1 1048.1a; HGC 10, 466(R2)</p><p><br /></p><p>And the OP coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]727793[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleucus IV</p><p>Antioch</p><p>187 to 175 BC</p><p>AE 23, Serrate</p><p>Obvs: Apollo right laureate.</p><p>Revs: BAΣIΛIEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo standing holding arrow in right hand and resting left elbow on tripod. AB and control mark in left field</p><p>23mm, 9.8g</p><p>Ref: v. SNG Isr.122.851, SC 2 1315.7f</p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody gets stuck you can always pm me, Seleucids are one of my main interests. Someday I will have to dedicate a site to list the hundreds of different types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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