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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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how about a posthumous philip ii?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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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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  United States
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Excellent story, but still no help for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good enough, Dwayne  Hieron II. Minted in Syracuse, Sicily. 
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  United States
23731 Posts |
Never would have gotten that one, nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
582 Posts |
I only partially got it because of the Archimedes hint, nice coin TIF. Next one is easy. 
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Marcus Aurelius it is.  
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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How about this one 
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