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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 7836604, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>To give a Ptolemaic example, here&#039;s a case where the die cutter left only the guide dotes for a monogram, as noted in CPE.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347364[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHOS (285-246 BCE)</b></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, GAZA, year 28 (258/257 BCE)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Ar Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>Size:</b> 27mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 11.17 g</p><p><b>Die Axis:</b> 11:00</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: ΓPΑΔ monogram (guide dots only) above ΦΑ; in right field: ΚΗ above Λ. Dotted border.</p><p>Legend to left: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; to right: ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Dotted border.</p><p><b>References:</b> LORBER: CPE-682; Svoronos-UNLISTED; SNG Copenhagen-457 var: Monograms, placement and yr 30; Paris, Z.2884, 256 (Dattari coll.). This type known with obverse die link to CPE 684.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347363[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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