Need Help to ID a large Ancient.

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Coins4Eli, Dec 30, 2023.

  1. Coins4Eli

    Coins4Eli Collector of Early American Copper

    Hello again! I popped into my LCS today and picked out few more ancient coins. I am starting to like ancients, especially since they are so cheap, this one cost me a whole 5 dollars! It is VERY heavy and has some sort of corrosion over the entire surface, possible BD? I did a little bit of research and found out that it is most likely from Egypt. I tried to identify the coin using the Wild Winds website, but I was unable to find a category that contained this type of coin.
    Thanks for the help everyone!

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  3. Kentucky

    Kentucky Well-Known Member

    Check under coins of Ptolemy BTW, great buy!
     
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  4. The Meat man

    The Meat man Well-Known Member

    What is the weight?
     
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  5. Coins4Eli

    Coins4Eli Collector of Early American Copper

    It is exactly 1.45 ounces.
     
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  6. Broucheion

    Broucheion Well-Known Member

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  7. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    41 grams is a nice chuncker!
     
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  8. -monolith-

    -monolith- Supporter! Supporter

    You can also try acsearch https://www.acsearch.info/home.html just type in ptolemy, eagle right
     
  9. Coins4Eli

    Coins4Eli Collector of Early American Copper

    Thanks everyone for the links. I got some more pictures of the coin after I applied some Blue Ribbon to it. You really can see a difference, all of the caked on dirt was removed. Does anyone have any ideas on how to remove the last bit of green, or is it not removable?

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  10. RonSanderson

    RonSanderson Supporter! Supporter

    VerdiCare is available from Wizard Coin Supply. It will remove and neutralize the corrosion.
     
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