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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 6644280, member: 87200&quot;]Hero/Heron of Alexandria did invent a coin-operated vending machine for holy water, as well as a steam engine, the Aeliopile.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my big, bad, bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE</p><p><br /></p><p>EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy IV 221-205 BC AE Drachma. (75.52g, 41mm, 12h)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Bust of Zeus Ammon right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in front, ΛΙ between legs</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: SNG Cop 199.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptol1-jpg.1178962/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptol2-jpg.1178963/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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