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<p>[QUOTE="CarolineP, post: 4421928, member: 77994"]Wow, thanks for all the info <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And yeah, I took those pictures before I had IDed ANY of them. How long would you recommend soaking the Seleucid brockage & Athena/Pan coins in water for? And how much do you think the Seleucid brockage coin is worth? I'm not planning to sell any of them, just curious!</p><p><br /></p><p>And I just weighed & measured the Claudius As, and it's definitely an unofficial version: 24mm & 6g, instead of the official 28mm & 12g. Honestly I should have started there, but I'm new to measuring and weighing my coins lol. Is it worth anything, or probably not? Either way, still pretty cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are still two coins that I still need a lot of help on: the tiny little eagle one (11mm, 2g), and the one with the Arabic script (23mm, 4g). What are your thoughts on them? I'm attaching close-up pics of each of them.</p><p>For the eagle one, it's either Ptolemaic or Seleucid with that little middle dimple on the obverse. The reverse inscription on closer inspection either says <b>A B I</b>, <b>A B A</b>, or <b>A B T</b>. I'd GUESS it's Ptolemaic because of the eagle and the size, but honestly I'm not sure. The closest I could find to it are these pics: <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/8002/Ancient-Egypt-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/8002/Ancient-Egypt-coins/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/8002/Ancient-Egypt-coins/</a> (first coin listed has the same size and composition, same position of reverse inscription but with different letters and the eagle facing the other way).</p><p><a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy/gae787_r.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy/gae787_r.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy/gae787_r.jpg</a> (similar eagle reverse, but much bigger and totally different obverse).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CarolineP, post: 4421928, member: 77994"]Wow, thanks for all the info :) And yeah, I took those pictures before I had IDed ANY of them. How long would you recommend soaking the Seleucid brockage & Athena/Pan coins in water for? And how much do you think the Seleucid brockage coin is worth? I'm not planning to sell any of them, just curious! And I just weighed & measured the Claudius As, and it's definitely an unofficial version: 24mm & 6g, instead of the official 28mm & 12g. Honestly I should have started there, but I'm new to measuring and weighing my coins lol. Is it worth anything, or probably not? Either way, still pretty cool! There are still two coins that I still need a lot of help on: the tiny little eagle one (11mm, 2g), and the one with the Arabic script (23mm, 4g). What are your thoughts on them? I'm attaching close-up pics of each of them. For the eagle one, it's either Ptolemaic or Seleucid with that little middle dimple on the obverse. The reverse inscription on closer inspection either says [B]A B I[/B], [B]A B A[/B], or [B]A B T[/B]. I'd GUESS it's Ptolemaic because of the eagle and the size, but honestly I'm not sure. The closest I could find to it are these pics: [URL]https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/8002/Ancient-Egypt-coins/[/URL] (first coin listed has the same size and composition, same position of reverse inscription but with different letters and the eagle facing the other way). [URL]http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy/gae787_r.jpg[/URL] (similar eagle reverse, but much bigger and totally different obverse).[/QUOTE]
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