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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3346111, member: 75937&quot;]Here&#039;s a tiny (12 mm) Seleukid elephant from Antiochos III: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antiochus-iii-elephant-jpg.827643/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On a side note, <i>elephant</i> is a really old word. It comes into English (and other modern European languages) from the Latin <i>elephantus</i> (alternate forms in Latin include <i>elephas</i> and <i>elephans</i>), which in turn comes from the Greek <i>ἐλέφας</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greek <i>ἐλέφας</i>, however, may come from proto-Berber and Egyptian roots! See <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" rel="nofollow">this interesting article</a> on its etymology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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