Posted 07/29/2006 11:29 am
Sorry, didn't quite read your question right the first time... 
You asked, "who is it"?
If you mean the standing figure on the reverse, the Sear catalogue reports it as being the goddess Athena. The portrait is assumed to be that of Antiochus IX himself; the coin dates from the time when kings putting their picture on the coinage had become normal.
You asked, "who is it"?If you mean the standing figure on the reverse, the Sear catalogue reports it as being the goddess Athena. The portrait is assumed to be that of Antiochus IX himself; the coin dates from the time when kings putting their picture on the coinage had become normal.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
