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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8054065, member: 118780&quot;]Wow! I definitely had my eye on that coin. I already have a demetrios tet (the self portrait one with Poseidon), so I didn&#039;t bid on this one. I&#039;m glad that you picked it up. He definitely has the most interesting coinage of the diadochi, though. I already have a rare bronze of his too, which is technically against my rules.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Seleukos drachma is beautiful. I&#039;ve often referred to this series as a &quot;time machine&quot;, because it actually displays a scene that one could have witnessed back then.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This would make a lot more sense. As I understand, Aramaic was the lingua-franca of the Persian empire. I do already have a Mazaios stater (though the lettering is worn) and a Sabakes tet, whose image I still need to upload.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, if this is an aramaic &#039;M&#039;, my next question would be: why would someone mark it so? Were they just testing that it&#039;s actually silver, or was it a way to differentiate one set of coins from another?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395016[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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