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References Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650.

relief upon a Macedonian shield, his horns curling above a lagobolon  (a curved throwing stick used by ancient

This coin is a good example of the challenges in deciding what to pay or how to price an ancient coin There would have been a financial incentive to double the value of a worn sestertius with a fresh strike

Martin Huth, is referenced in the article above 1991: The coinage of Shabwa (Hadhramawt), and other ancient

So what does this all have to do with ancient coin?

The middle/top coin has a very "Severus Alexander" transitional portrait.

Stuckey, A Handbook of Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Near East  (n.p.: Open Source, 2023).

Venus holds an apple on these ancient coins, a reference to the myth of the golden apple that started

-Cicero, in a speech given upon his return from exile in 57 BCE, paragraph 10 Although Publius Lentulus

Ancient coins don't all come in MS-70 (perfect mint state, with no flaws, scratches, or wear visible

Perhaps by Aqā Rizā Haravi, c.1605-10, in the British Museum .

Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, two hands in a handshake (dextrarium iunctio) Ref: RIC 10 Notes: rare, fine portrait