Ptolemy Coin for comments etc

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  1. Di Nomos

    Di Nomos Well-Known Member

    I should add that mid 30 degrees is celsius. I love the snow pics, beautiful scenes.
     
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    @Mammothtooth - I got your private message and could read it but not reply. Check your settings so you can make sure you’re allowing replies to private conversations.

    Speaking of your username- my local fossil hunting buddy found a huge mastodon molar here one day I was out with him. I never have, but I’ve found some nice shark teeth, including some big megalodons.

    You mentioned the “guest house/cabin” in my photo. It’s just my daughter’s childhood playhouse. Now that she’s grown and off to college, the old playhouse is now my wife’s personal storage shed, chock full of yarn and ribbons and fabric and other craft supplies. It’s pretty small. You can stand up inside it, but only just.
     
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I like snow scenes, too. We only get it here once ever 20-25 years or so. I don’t miss driving in it when I lived in the NC mountains, though.
     
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  5. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    I've wanted a Ptolemy coin for awhile because of the eagle on the back. Finally got one on the cheap.
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    Ptolemy V, 204-180 BC, 19 mm, 7.75 g

    That's all I know, appreciate any more info...

    Just read that the day after his coronation, the Rosetta Stone was made!!!
     
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  6. Mammothtooth

    Mammothtooth Stand up Philosopher, Vodka Taster

    Yes, Mammoth is a big thing for me. I have hunted and found a few things. Mostly Miocene Fossils from the Badlands in South Dakota, quite plentiful and fun to look for. Also Indian arrow heads and related material. Indian beadwork I like as well. Beaded material is purchased... 814A050C-E396-445A-9C06-37964DF552AC.jpeg 1A88970F-5E13-4251-BAA3-A19DBE422AEE.jpeg
     

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  7. Mammothtooth

    Mammothtooth Stand up Philosopher, Vodka Taster

    I do not see messages, just Alerts and inbox?
     
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  8. Mammothtooth

    Mammothtooth Stand up Philosopher, Vodka Taster

    Ok if I click on my name I see messages
     
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  9. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Nice coin. A very expressive portrait.

    As for the weather, just a few scattered flakes falling here, nothing sticking (or needing shoveling).

    My Ptolemy II tetradrachm, from Tyre:

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    Ptolemy II Philadelphos Tetradrachm
    Tyre mint
    (Year 34 = 252-251 B.C.)
    Diademed head Ptolemy I / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; civic monogram above club left; ΛΔ above monogram right; ΔI between legs.
    Svoronos 682; BMC p. 31, 93.
    (14.15 grams / 26 mm)
     
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  10. Mammothtooth

    Mammothtooth Stand up Philosopher, Vodka Taster

    Nice reverse, nice coin
     
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  11. Broucheion

    Broucheion Well-Known Member

    Hi @Kentucky,

    Sorry, That's not a Ptolemaic coin. I think it's from Asia Minor, but I can't read the city name on the reverse.

    - Broucheion
     
    Broucheion, Dec 24, 2020
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  12. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Thanks, perhaps someone can ID it...
     
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