HI @+VGO.DVCKS, Agreed.
Oh, And here's one with the Pharos as well. [ATTACH] - Broucheion
Hi @+VGO.DVCKS, I agree that this stiffer Hellenistic incarnation of Isis is one that the native Egyptians might have felt comfortable with. The...
Hi All, Isis Pharia. [ATTACH] Hadrian Æ Drachm, Year 17 Size: 34x35 mm Weight: 25.7 grams Axis: 0 OBV: Hadrian laureate draped bust facing...
Hi All, This was sold as "a 19th century imitation of a Matidia Drachm of Egypt or an imitation Paduan Æ." I didn't exactly know what it was when...
Hi All, How about an unusual portrait of Ptolemy IV? Here is an unpublished large lead trial strike test piece or weight. Ex-Sammlung G.W.G. [If...
Hi All, This is my largest Ptolemy IV. [My largest Ptolemaic is a Ptolemy III, Ex-Frank Robinson (CPE-B0365; Sv-0446). That one weighs in at...
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Hi All, I recently thought of buying a similar Byzantine solidus for about US$1500. I finally decided against it because there is still some...
Hi @BenSi, Thank you for the esylum link. He was a good egg. -Broucheion
Hi @Quant.Geek, Thank you. I had communicated back and forth with Chris Connell back in the day. He was my source for the Alexandria attribution....
Hi @seth77, This is brilliant! Many thanks for educating me. - Broucheion
Hi All, These coins were first noted in 1997. One is on Wildwinds at http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/heraclius/Leu_1997.jpg...
My wife would say “Beef, it’s who’s for dinner”.
Hi All, Ptolemy I (294 BCE) from Jerusalem. [ATTACH] Reference: Gitler & Lorber (2006), Group 4, #6 [8 listed]; TJC 32b. Die study by J-P...
Hi @Spargrodan, That's a marvelous price! Here is the Egyptian version of this type, which cost about US$300 a few years ago. [ATTACH]...
Hi All, Ptolemaic gold is usually large and largely expensive. However, there are a few early small pieces that fit the title of this thread. If...
Hi @dougsmit, that would be an ostentatious amount. https://animals.mom.me/what-is-a-group-of-peacocks-called-12270432.html - Broucheion
Hi @7Calbrey, Everyone will have an option at every point in the spectrum from “no tooling is acceptable”, to “it’s ok if noted” to what you...
This is my smallest Nemesis [ATTACH] This is my largest Nemesis [ATTACH] - Broucheion
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