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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3317851, member: 56859&quot;]Thanks for another fabulous writeup, Jochen!&nbsp; The triobol is fantastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Styrax is still an important plant.&nbsp; An alcohol tincture of benzoin (resin from a species of Styrax) is regularly used in doctors&#039; offices, hospitals, and clinics.&nbsp; It is applied to the skin to help certain skin closure tapes adhere.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5183K9LHEwL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In AMCC1 I picked up this teensy bronze snack: a Shrek-like Herakles sporting a Styrax wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]879688[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PISIDIA, Selge</b></p><p>2nd - 1st century BCE</p><p>AE; 1.89 gm, 13.4 mm.</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Three-quarter facing head of Herakles wreathed with styrax, head turned slightly right, lion-skin around neck, club over shoulder</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΣΕ-Λ, stag kneeling right, head left, K below</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Cop 257[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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