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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4570453, member: 73473"]Fantastic coin, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my one of my favorite tets from before Antiochus III became great.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131653[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm</p><p>16.97 Grams</p><p>Seleucia on the Tigris. First Reign, <i><b>Before the Revolt of Melon</b></i>, Ca. 223-221 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on left, Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow, Control marks in outer left and right fields and in exergue.</p><p>Rare</p><p>One thing about Antiochus III is that we can track his age chronologicaly through his portraits. He is 18/19 on my coin, but a middle aged adult on yours. </p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochus’s grin on my coin honestesly reminds me of the Mellow mushroom man.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131657[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4570453, member: 73473"]Fantastic coin, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]! Here is my one of my favorite tets from before Antiochus III became great. [ATTACH=full]1131653[/ATTACH] Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm 16.97 Grams Seleucia on the Tigris. First Reign, [I][B]Before the Revolt of Melon[/B][/I], Ca. 223-221 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on left, Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow, Control marks in outer left and right fields and in exergue. Rare One thing about Antiochus III is that we can track his age chronologicaly through his portraits. He is 18/19 on my coin, but a middle aged adult on yours. Antiochus’s grin on my coin honestesly reminds me of the Mellow mushroom man. [ATTACH=full]1131657[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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