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<p>[QUOTE="GregH, post: 4742335, member: 75936"]My largest is this monstrous Ptolemy IV at 47mm:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49769201_2296130060419906_1754124704509067264_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=l_vUJo74Ji0AX_uGSHY&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=78bec6691f9e0e8fc1e97f16e774fd91&oe=5F5A93A5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p> Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV. AE 47 mm, 83.3 g. Drachm. The biggest denomination. Ex-Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking back, wings spread</p><p><br /></p><p>In second place, this Justinian at 43mm:</p><p><img src="https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/13502517_1227370083962581_8306935245492845322_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=qW4UsCkSM-4AX_bYbOx&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00b316d3495d32f42fbd0c3aee4fbd6f&oe=5F5D94DA" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Justinian I, 527-565. Follis (Bronze, 43mm, 22.29 g 6), Nicomedia, RY 12 = 538/9. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVC Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; in field to right, cross. Rev. A / N / N / N / O - XII / NIKO Large M; above, cross; below, A. DOC 115a. MIB 113a. SB 201</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not a serious collector of Byzantine or Ptolemaic coinage, but these were too impressive not to own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GregH, post: 4742335, member: 75936"]My largest is this monstrous Ptolemy IV at 47mm: [IMG]https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49769201_2296130060419906_1754124704509067264_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=l_vUJo74Ji0AX_uGSHY&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=78bec6691f9e0e8fc1e97f16e774fd91&oe=5F5A93A5[/IMG] Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV. AE 47 mm, 83.3 g. Drachm. The biggest denomination. Ex-Rare. Obverse: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking back, wings spread In second place, this Justinian at 43mm: [IMG]https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/13502517_1227370083962581_8306935245492845322_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=qW4UsCkSM-4AX_bYbOx&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=00b316d3495d32f42fbd0c3aee4fbd6f&oe=5F5D94DA[/IMG] Justinian I, 527-565. Follis (Bronze, 43mm, 22.29 g 6), Nicomedia, RY 12 = 538/9. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVC Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; in field to right, cross. Rev. A / N / N / N / O - XII / NIKO Large M; above, cross; below, A. DOC 115a. MIB 113a. SB 201 I'm not a serious collector of Byzantine or Ptolemaic coinage, but these were too impressive not to own.[/QUOTE]
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