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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2580042, member: 42773&quot;]Nice catch Steve and a great bargain! Here&#039;s a Ptolemaic chalkous. I&#039;m not certain (and neither is the current scholarship) about the attribution, so you get your choice of three rulers. That happens with Ptolemaic bronzes. This one has tabs which were not trimmed when the flan came off the casting sprues - I always think that makes for an interesting coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>Other members have shown you just how large Ptolemiac bronzes can get. I&#039;ll show you just how small...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559897[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ptolemy IX, X, or Apion</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Æ Chalkous, 13mm, 2.1g, 12h; Uncertain mint of Cyprus, or Alexandria, c. 150 - 88 BC.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Head of Zeus Ammon right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΠΤ-[ΟΛ]ΕΜ [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛ Λ; Headdress of Isis.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: cf. Svoronos 1845; Buttrey Cyrene 378; SNG Cop 685, Noeske 392</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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