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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 8054046, member: 104741&quot;]That&#039;s an impressive haul, [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of your coins were on my &#039;watchlist&#039; as well, but I didn&#039;t bid on them as I had my eyes set on one or two other coins. I had great fun, though (and blew my coin budget for two or three months in the process). To my own surprise, I won a coin I&#039;ve always admired from afar but never thought I&#039;d be able to afford, a Demetrios Poliorketes tetradrachm. (I still really can&#039;t afford it, to say that my budget is blown is an understatement<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). I&#039;d be happy to share it here, but I want to have it in hand first.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did pick up a snack or two. Shipping was paid for, right?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Seleukos drachm from Seleukeia:</p><p>(still looking for that elusive Babylonian Seleukos double shekel with anchor...)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395000[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS I agree with [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER]. The graffito on your Babylon might as well be an Aramaic &#039;M&#039;. It&#039;s not far off. An example: Mazaios struck coins in his own name in Babylon in the early &#039;20s (331-328) with Aramaic legends. So the graffito can well have gotten on the coin locally.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395006[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Double shekel, Mazaios, Babylon. Reverse.</p><p>&nbsp;The first letter to the right is &#039;M&#039; for MZDY.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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