A Pound of Ptolemies

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Awesome coins and pics.

Doug H.

 

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My Ptolemy bronze selection is pretty limited at the moment, I actually only have 3. This first one is actually the first Greek coin I ever bought, I spent around $5 on it when I first started collecting and my collection mainly consisted of LRBs:

I think this is Ptolemy VI & VIII joint reign based on info from the seller about the coins it was found with but i don't think it's possible to know for sure.


The next two were both won from a CNG auction(I actually won 3, 2 840s and an 839, and sold the lower-grade 840 which nearly paid for the whole lot):


Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Chalkous(12.0mm, 2.0g). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #43. Svoronos 840



Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Trihemichalkon(15mm, 2.9g). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #42. Svoronos 839

I have a friend who professionally cleans ancients with whom I have been discussing buying a big ol' drachm that he's working on but it may be some time before I'll have it.