A Pound of Ptolemies

@7Calbrey, I think your friend was only partially correct. Try finding your coin on this website using the photo guide or software attribution aid.

 

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7Charles => I love that elephant head-dress ... amazingly cool

 

i love the red and black on that coin 7c.

 

Nice and hefty haul.

 

Rereading this thread after @Okidoki posted his new monster. @zumbly, this is one of the funniest things you've ever posted-- and that's no small feat!

 

glandly thx for sharing

 

It was the first time I did a black background for one of my coins, and because of that I think I've finally gone over to the 'dark' side.

@Okidoki, that's a fantastic new Ptolemy!

 

I've blown past the one pound mark and now have 15 Ptolemaic bronzes. This one was purchased because of the excellent Zeus Ammon portrait, its unusually good condition, and because I didn't have a Ptolemy III ChiRho.


EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes
246-222 BCE
AE35, 35.53 gm
Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right with ram's horn, wearing taenia diadem
Rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopia left; XP monogram between eagle's legs
Ref: Svoronos 965
Formerly slabbed; NGC ChVF*, strike 5/5, surface 4/5.

The green is hard encrustation. I'm inclined to leave it alone because my cleaning skills are not very good and I don't want to disturb the underlying metal.

 

Wow, beauTIFul, super coin!!!!

 

Beautiful coin, crusties and all!

 

TIF, you always make me jealous, but this one is spectacular!

 

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOrgeous

 

Wow => man, that's an amazingly sweet addition (that is the sweetest example that I recall gazing upon, my Coin-Princess!!)

=> outstanding eye-appeal (wow!!) ...... totally jealous

Have a great night's sleep (you deserve it after posting that sweet gem!!)

 

indeed positive jealous,
watery mouth here.

 

=> oh for sure, leave the hard green crusties!! ...

... the crusties kinda create the illusion that our eagle-friend has fired a few droppings onto the XP monogram below => kinda like a real eagle would treat a statue in a park ...

=> yup I like it, the whole thing works!!

 

Hahaha! You're right-- it does look like bird poop.

 

Ptolemy II, III and VI total 1.75 OZ

 

Here's a coin I found at the last Baltimore show...

Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC.
Æ Triobol, 34mm, 34.07g, 12h; Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Struck 230-222 BC.
Obv.: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right.
Rev.: Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs.
Reference: Svoronos 965; Weiser 72; SNG Copenhagen 173-5; Noeske 120-2.
Notes: ex-CNG, ex-Andy Singer (Baltimore Expo), 3/28/15.

 

That's a "Big Boy" JA

 

You know, one of the coins I was hoping to find at that show was a larger Ptolemaic bronze, and it actually worked. And, I got it for a healthy discount off the price on the CNG insert.