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Just bought this from a trusted ebay dealer, paid more than I should have but the patina and detail caught my eye. This will replace one that I already have. Seleukos IV Philopator (Father loving) 187-175 BC King of the Seleucid Empire Obverse: Bust of Apollo facing right, monogram behind head. Reverse: Apollo standing left holding an arrow and leaning on a tripod. Monogram and legend in Greek:ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ 22.3mm x 11.29g SB-6968  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Well done Ron! These can be pricy in high grades.
How big is this one? I have a few low grade ones, all in the 10-15mm range.
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Pillar of the Community
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Excellent pickup there, Ron. I can see why you felt you had to get it. Nice addition to your Greek AE's..
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Was In a hurry this morning had to go out . I will up date the information when I get back.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice looking coin. Seeing as I know next to nothing about ancients, I was not aware of this bottle cap type. I like it!
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The Seleucids are noted for this type of serrated edge. You will also see serrated edges on some Roman Republic Denarius
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Super additon Ron! The remaining detail on the rev is pretty awesome.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Pillar of the Community
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The Seleucid serrated coin has always been fascinating to me. We have no idea how they made them (e.g. did they invent a collar for their coins? Did they prepare the flans in this way prior to striking?) And more importantly we have no idea why it was implemented on their lowest denominations that probably nobody would ever want to copy!
The Republican serrati are a bit less of a mystery - it was only done on denarii, was done specifically to deter counterfeiters, and was made by nicking the flan to create splits when the metal was smashed between dies.
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Lovely coin - I as well am only a casual viewer of this sub-forum with truly limited knowledge ... that said I can indeed appreciate the pleasure of our experienced CCF folks celebrating what appears to be a nice find by a dedicated collector - well done indeed all around.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Very nice coin. I used to collect bottle caps as a kid,but they were from beer bottles  John1  |
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Thanks all for the comments. Here is my other one, no so nice also has a different monogram.    |
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Great coin Ron! Congratulations. I actually had my eye on this one as well. Glad it is going to a good home.
Steve S.
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Yes I agree, really nice looking coin Ron!
With the sand patina helping the detail "zing" out even more..
Good find!
You've been picking up some nice little coins lately..Congrats Paul
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