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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Whizb4ng, post: 1801560, member: 54140&quot;]Instead of buying a birthday present for me this year my sister gave me forty bucks knowing that the monthly coin show was this weekend. As of tomorrow (the 14th) I hit the ripe old age of 25! I know I know I am getting almost as old as the coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, the Ancient dealer is a awesome guy and I was actually able to see his full inventory today since they were in a new room. Wish I could have chatted with him more but when I arrived a couple of his regulars were there checking out his modern stuff and I didn&#039;t want to intrude on their conversation. He did recognize me as that &#039;ancient kid&#039; I guess I am one of the younger collectors he sees. If I had more of an interest in later Romans I would have had a lot to choose from but alas it wasn&#039;t what I was looking for today. Besides they are back in two weeks anyway so I don&#039;t have long to wait if I start dreaming about one of the coins I saw today</p><p><br /></p><p>I had wanted to buy more since I had the cash earmarked for birthday presents for myself but I have too many outstanding bids that I don&#039;t want to rack up a large credit card debt if I all of a sudden win a bunch!</p><p><br /></p><p>This however did catch my eye and I jumped aboard the Ptolemy train.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy VI + Ptolemy VII</p><p>29 mm, 20.67 grams</p><p>Obv. Head of Zeus Ammon</p><p>Rev. Two eagles standing on thunderbolt with cornucopiae before</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/9sPPg8zl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I got it because of Zeus&#039; hair. It looks like the engraver imagine Zeus with a nice breeze flowing through his hair</p><p><br /></p><p>Next stop may be a 40+ gram one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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