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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 19 October 2016
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Silver coin of the Indo-Greek King Lysias Anicetus, reigned 130-120 BCE. The King wears an elephant head. From modern-day North-West India/Pakistan. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, October 19). Coin of Lysias. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5904/coin-of-lysias/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Coin of Lysias." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 19, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5904/coin-of-lysias/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Coin of Lysias." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Oct 2016. Web. 25 Jul 2024.

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