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Guess The Emperor Revisted

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Greek, 3rd century BC
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It looks like it may be seleucid but I really cant make my mind up. Antiochus I?
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how about a posthumous philip ii?
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None of the above.

Here's an interesting anecdote-- from wikipedia, not sure of the veracity.


According to a story told by Vitruvius, [the king depicted on this coin] suspected he was being cheated by the goldsmith to whom he had supplied the gold to make a votive crown for a temple. He asked Archimedes to find out if all the gold had been used, as had been agreed. Archimedes, on discovering the principle of displacement needed to measure the density of the crown is said to have shouted "eureka, eureka!" while running naked through Syracuse. Vitruvius concludes this story by stating that Archimedes' method successfully detected the goldsmith's fraud; he had taken some of the gold and substituted silver instead.
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Excellent story, but still no help for me.
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Hiero?
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Good enough, Dwayne

Hieron II. Minted in Syracuse, Sicily.

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Never would have gotten that one, nice coin.
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I only partially got it because of the Archimedes hint, nice coin TIF. Next one is easy.

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Nope
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Marcus Aurelius it is.
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How about this one

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