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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 7777948, member: 96635&quot;]Thanks [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER]! Nice tetradrachms from Demetrios II and Antiochos VII!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In many empires, the decline was almost always due to internal structural problems. When resources are spend to fight each other, an enemy gladly takes profit out of that, in this case the Roman and Parthian empires.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you [USER=100070]@happy_collector[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First of all, a wonderful tetradrachm you got there!</p><p>Indeed, these two coins are from Leu as well, some kind of hoard most have been discovered, tons of Antiochos VIII, Antiochos IX, Demetrios III and Philip I tetradrachms were recently sold.</p><p>The Antiochos IX type I got from his 3rd reign is actually quite rare, or better said it <u>was</u> quite rare. I barely saw any examples for sale until the last Leu auction, I gladly toke profit of it.</p><p>A quick search: Before the last Leu auction, only <b>23 examples</b> were sold of that type the <b>past ~10 years</b>. In <b>1 auction</b> almost <b>50 examples</b> were sold. Indeed a shock.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! I really like your coin with the Jugate heads.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, a nice and clear example you got there from Antiochos VIII![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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