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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2063949, member: 56859&quot;]Well... almost a pound.&nbsp; I&#039;m 40 grams short.&nbsp; Guess I&#039;ll buy another coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; It&#039;s a great series to collect and there are hundreds more I could justify adding to the set.&nbsp; I don&#039;t even have all the denominations yet, much less all rulers and major types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eight of these came from <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/crocodile-surprise.235914/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/crocodile-surprise.235914/">one fantastic lot</a> (Stack&#039;s Bowers, 8/20/13).&nbsp; That lot also included three Alexandrian tetradrachms (which I love to collect) and a very worn COL NEM.&nbsp; I bid on the lot primarily for the massive Ptolemy II, advertised as 47mm but I measure 48.&nbsp; Stop rolling your eyes... in the &quot;mine is bigger&quot; world of monster bronzes this is a point of pride <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Another huge plus for that lot was provenance.&nbsp; They were collected by Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897) and stayed in his family until I bought them.&nbsp; I guess Professor Eaton wasn&#039;t sure of some attributions either as none came in handy envelopes with full attribution.&nbsp; In his defense, Svoronos wasn&#039;t yet written when Eaton was alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve photographed and rephotographed these coins and still am not satisfied.&nbsp; I also never attributed most of the Stack&#039;s coins until today.&nbsp; Rather, I tried and failed to attributed them.&nbsp; A few still have question marks.&nbsp; My pages and pages of notes are scattered about as I write.&nbsp; Literature is conflicting and/or I&#039;m confused.&nbsp; I&#039;ve used <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" rel="nofollow">PtolemyBronze</a>, their attribution software, and the online-viewable text and plate of Svoronos, etc but it&#039;s a challenge.&nbsp; After uploading this post I&#039;ll work on it a bit more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an even dozen Ptolemy bronzes, although I thought I had one more medium-sized Ptolemy.&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s misfiled.</p><p><br /></p><p>The accumulation began out of a fascination with Zeus Ammon.&nbsp; More were purchased as gifts.&nbsp; Gifts which once again have not been given and probably won&#039;t be given.&nbsp; I want to keep them now!</p><p><br /></p><p>Please pile on your Ptolemy bronzes to this already piled-on post <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="3">(Relative sizes preserved in this composite)</font></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380929[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Top left to bottom, then bottom right to top:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyii-ae48/cth8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyii-ae48/cth8" rel="nofollow">Ptolemy II</a>, 48 mm, 91.8 gm.&nbsp; Sv446</p><p>2.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyiv-ae42/c1rpx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyiv-ae42/c1rpx" rel="nofollow">Ptolemy IV</a>, 42 mm, 67.9 gm.&nbsp; Sv992</p><p>3.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-iv/c89b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-iv/c89b" rel="nofollow">Ptolemy IV?</a>, 40 mm, 64.8 gm.&nbsp; Sv1125 or 1126?</p><p>4.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-iii-ae38/chpr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-iii-ae38/chpr" rel="nofollow">Ptolemy III</a>, 38 mm, 44.0 gm.&nbsp; Sv974</p><p>5.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-iv-ae36/c1vm8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-iv-ae36/c1vm8" rel="nofollow">Ptolemy IV</a>, 36 mm, 41.9 gm.&nbsp; Sv1148?</p><p>6.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-ii-ae32/cvmx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-ii-ae32/cvmx" rel="nofollow">Ptolemy II</a>, 32 mm, 22.5 gm.&nbsp; Sv760</p><p>7.&nbsp; Ptolemy VI-VIII?&nbsp; V-VI?, 30 mm, 25.4 gm.&nbsp; Sv1383?&nbsp; 1424a or b?</p><p>8.&nbsp; Ptolemy VI-VIII?, 29 mm, 24.3 gm.&nbsp; Sv1383?&nbsp; 1424b?</p><p>9.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-ii-obol/cf18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemy-ii-obol/cf18" rel="nofollow">Ptolemy II</a>, 22 mm, 8.75 gm.&nbsp; Sv483</p><p>10.&nbsp; Ptolemy IX, X, XI, or XII?, 20 mm, 9.2&nbsp; gm.&nbsp; Sv1698? (what is that thing or things in the left field reverse?&nbsp; Might it be a cornucopia?&nbsp; I can&#039;t find a match)</p><p>11.&nbsp; Ptolemy VIII?, 20 mm, 6.8 gm.&nbsp; Double eagles, no monogram between legs.&nbsp; I cannot determine the left field figure.&nbsp; It somewhat looks like a silphium plant which would make this Ptolemy VIII struck in Kyrene, Sv1158.</p><p>12.&nbsp; Ptolemy VII?, 20 mm, 6.6 gm.&nbsp; Same dilemma as coin #11.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone reading this is fluent with Ptolemy bronze attributions please chime in and correct me or set me on the right path <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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