Quote Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
How can you not get excited reading stuff like this:

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issu....of.a.coin.htm

and

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issu...r.and.gold.htm
"At 63 millimeters in diameter (2½ inches) and more than 169 grams (six ounces) of Bactrian gold, it is the largest such coin ever minted in the ancient world,"

Now *that*'s a big coin!
My parents actually get the Aramco World magazine and I asked my mother if we had that issue. It was a long shot since it is over a decade old, but it really is a nice publication so I thought there was a chance. Turns out that we did! My parents brought the magazine to me when my sister's high school band played at my university and I got to read it. The pictures are great and augment the article immensely, which is great on in its own right..