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<p>[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 4219023, member: 104887"]Hi All</p><p><br /></p><p>My contribution of a Ptolemaic spear:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1080206[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>OBV:</b> Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Dotted border.</p><p><b>REV:</b> Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. In left field: ΑΡ Monogram. In right field: spearhead. Legend: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙO]Y ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Size:</b> 25mm; <b>Weight:</b> 14.3 g; <b>Die Axis:</b> 11:00; <b>Dies:</b> O1-R5.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Refs:</b> Svoronos-1250, pl xli, 7-8 [8 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-528; ; BMC 06.073, #53; This coin noted in "The Spearhead and Monogram Coinage of Ptolemy V", AJN 31, pp 95-116 + pls 18-23; EH 105. The "Syria" 1981 Hoard (CH 7.90, 8.306, 8.311, 8.332, 8.344), # 883.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-HJ Berk 32, Sept 6, 1984, lot #118. Ex-Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles Inc. "The June 2-5, 2002, Pre-Long Beach Sale", Sale 14, lot # 4470; Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her book "Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver," coin #94. (Hardcover: 486 pages, Heritage Pubs; ISBN: 092969063X (Oct 2001)).</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 4219023, member: 104887"]Hi All My contribution of a Ptolemaic spear: [ATTACH=full]1080206[/ATTACH] [B]OBV:[/B] Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Dotted border. [B]REV:[/B] Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. In left field: ΑΡ Monogram. In right field: spearhead. Legend: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙO]Y ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Dotted border. [B]Size:[/B] 25mm; [B]Weight:[/B] 14.3 g; [B]Die Axis:[/B] 11:00; [B]Dies:[/B] O1-R5. [B]Refs:[/B] Svoronos-1250, pl xli, 7-8 [8 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-528; ; BMC 06.073, #53; This coin noted in "The Spearhead and Monogram Coinage of Ptolemy V", AJN 31, pp 95-116 + pls 18-23; EH 105. The "Syria" 1981 Hoard (CH 7.90, 8.306, 8.311, 8.332, 8.344), # 883. Ex-HJ Berk 32, Sept 6, 1984, lot #118. Ex-Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles Inc. "The June 2-5, 2002, Pre-Long Beach Sale", Sale 14, lot # 4470; Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her book "Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver," coin #94. (Hardcover: 486 pages, Heritage Pubs; ISBN: 092969063X (Oct 2001)). - Broucheion[/QUOTE]
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