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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2147204, member: 74282"]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:</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/_data/i/upload/2015/02/17/20150217215015-d7960bfc-me.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>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):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/_data/i/upload/2015/04/14/20150414203849-3f3c0a2e-me.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>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</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/_data/i/upload/2015/04/14/20150414203846-7d5b7517-me.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>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</p><p><br /></p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2147204, member: 74282"]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. [IMG]http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/_data/i/upload/2015/02/17/20150217215015-d7960bfc-me.jpg[/IMG] 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): [IMG]http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/_data/i/upload/2015/04/14/20150414203849-3f3c0a2e-me.jpg[/IMG] 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 [IMG]http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/_data/i/upload/2015/04/14/20150414203846-7d5b7517-me.jpg[/IMG] 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.[/QUOTE]
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