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Hi!
I really like large bronze Seleucid coins, unfortunately they are quite rare (I think large bronze coins were sometimes collected and melted down after a change of power in the empire, but maybe they were simply minted in smaller quantities??). 
Here is my second "octuple" Seleucid coin - for comparison, the smallest coin I have from the same ruler.

The big one: 31 mm, 27,35 g. Sc 1251.
Date Range: 211 BC–208 BC
Denomination: Denomination AA (octuple)
Authority: Antiochus III the Great
State: Seleucid Empire
Mint: Ecbatana
Obverse
Type: Diademed head of Antiochus III right (Type B)
Portrait: Antiochus III the Great
Reverse
Legend: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY
Type: Tripod-lebes ornamented with filleted horse foreparts
Symbol (Outer left field): Houghton Monogram 405.2, consists of Π, Α, Ρ, and 

The small one: 9 mm, 0.71 g. Sc 1088
Date Range: 202 BC–197 BC
Denomination: Denomination E (quarter)
Authority: Antiochus III the Great
State: Seleucid Empire
Mint: Uncertain military mint 59
Obverse
Type: Laureate head of Apollo right, hair in krobylos behind
Deity: Apollo
Reverse
Legend: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY
Type: Elephant standing right

Please share your big Seleucid coins 🙂

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Sorry, @Robi, but mine's bigger. 😉. My octochalkoi weighs almost 35 gm. The fate of coins appears to mirror their king (or usurper), as the note below suggests that coins were, indeed, recalled and melted down, sort of a numismatic version of damnatio memoriae. 

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Thank You @Anaximander your Timarchos is the best! I want this big one (i have only a a denomination A (quadruple), the big is beyond my financial abilities)

Your is bigger, but mine is scarcer😜

 

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