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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2888939, member: 85693"]Just got a new big Ptolemy bronze hockey puck in the mail today. I immediately went to the The PtolemAE Project website for help. <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" rel="nofollow">http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There I found what I think is mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>36mm - 39.4gm</p><p>Sv1423v1 - unmarked - Zeus with Ammon horn at top of head, two eagles (their photo below):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693817[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is the "horn at top of head" part I am curious about. Except for the PtolemAE site, I am having a hard time finding other examples of this. Listings on Vcoins, Forum, etc. claiming to be 1423 seem to have normal-placement horns. For instance, here is a sold example from Forvm which looks like a standard horn placement to me (therefore not 1423 as listed):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693816[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I checked out a 2015 CT posting where a lot of you posted your Ptolemy bronzes, but I didn't see any 1423 V1 or V2s out there. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-i-bought-a-ptolemy.270528/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-i-bought-a-ptolemy.270528/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-i-bought-a-ptolemy.270528/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Am I looking at this wrong? Are there others out there? Mine is 35 mm and weighs 41 grams (I marked the horn in red on the second photo):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693811[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693812[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693814[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2888939, member: 85693"]Just got a new big Ptolemy bronze hockey puck in the mail today. I immediately went to the The PtolemAE Project website for help. [url]http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html[/url] There I found what I think is mine: 36mm - 39.4gm Sv1423v1 - unmarked - Zeus with Ammon horn at top of head, two eagles (their photo below): [ATTACH=full]693817[/ATTACH] It is the "horn at top of head" part I am curious about. Except for the PtolemAE site, I am having a hard time finding other examples of this. Listings on Vcoins, Forum, etc. claiming to be 1423 seem to have normal-placement horns. For instance, here is a sold example from Forvm which looks like a standard horn placement to me (therefore not 1423 as listed): [ATTACH=full]693816[/ATTACH] I checked out a 2015 CT posting where a lot of you posted your Ptolemy bronzes, but I didn't see any 1423 V1 or V2s out there. [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-i-bought-a-ptolemy.270528/[/url] Am I looking at this wrong? Are there others out there? Mine is 35 mm and weighs 41 grams (I marked the horn in red on the second photo): [ATTACH=full]693811[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]693812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]693814[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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