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<p>[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2198275, member: 32619"]Hello everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Big day for my ancient collection, and I would like to share a couple of my recent additions with these two hefty Ptolemaic bronzes. I've been very interested in coins from this kingdom for a while and finally bought a couple. I'm pretty sure it was [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] 's monster that first sparked my interest.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/ptolemy-iii.3339/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy III BC 246-222</p><p>AE 38.6mm, 41.6g, Alexandria mint</p><p>Bust of Zeus-Amon right</p><p>Eagle standing half left on fulmen, wings closed, head right, filleted cornucopia right ascending from behind shoulder, E between legs</p><p>Svoronous 974</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/ptolemy-iv.3315/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy IV, BC 221-204</p><p>AE 41mm, 64g, Alexandria mint</p><p>Bust of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia tied with fillet before, DELTA IOTA between legs</p><p>Svoronos 1125</p><p><br /></p><p>[I can't figure out how to make my computer write the Greek letters.]</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has any they would like to share, I would love to see them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2198275, member: 32619"]Hello everyone! Big day for my ancient collection, and I would like to share a couple of my recent additions with these two hefty Ptolemaic bronzes. I've been very interested in coins from this kingdom for a while and finally bought a couple. I'm pretty sure it was [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] 's monster that first sparked my interest. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/ptolemy-iii.3339/full[/IMG] Ptolemy III BC 246-222 AE 38.6mm, 41.6g, Alexandria mint Bust of Zeus-Amon right Eagle standing half left on fulmen, wings closed, head right, filleted cornucopia right ascending from behind shoulder, E between legs Svoronous 974 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/ptolemy-iv.3315/full[/IMG] Ptolemy IV, BC 221-204 AE 41mm, 64g, Alexandria mint Bust of Zeus-Ammon right Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia tied with fillet before, DELTA IOTA between legs Svoronos 1125 [I can't figure out how to make my computer write the Greek letters.] If anyone has any they would like to share, I would love to see them![/QUOTE]
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