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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6443937, member: 99456"]A very nice Alex III portrait. Through a careful analysis of all past posts of the 5 esteemed CT members - or maybe a couple of random searches and jumbled memories of what I've read over the last year - I estimate the following probability of ownership for this coin:</p><ul> <li>58.3% probability [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]</li> <li>36.6% probability [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER]</li> <li>5.1% probability [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]</li> </ul><p>I am not sure how I came up with [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], as he wasn't one of the options. Demonstrating complete confidence in my method - I selected <b>[USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER]</b> as the provider of Coin #1. I will add to the thread, this coin from Alexandria, more than a century later:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255391[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ptolemaeic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon)</b>, 145-116 BC, Æ (29mm, 22.09 g, 11h), Alexandria mint, Series 7</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p199t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p199t.html" rel="nofollow">Svoronos 1424B</a> (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 308–10 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); <a href="https://www.academia.edu/2181327/T_Faucher_and_C_Lorber_Bronze_coinage_of_Ptolemaic_Egypt_in_the_second_century_B_C_AJN_22_2010_pp_35_80" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/2181327/T_Faucher_and_C_Lorber_Bronze_coinage_of_Ptolemaic_Egypt_in_the_second_century_B_C_AJN_22_2010_pp_35_80" rel="nofollow">Lorber & Faucher</a> Series 7C[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6443937, member: 99456"]A very nice Alex III portrait. Through a careful analysis of all past posts of the 5 esteemed CT members - or maybe a couple of random searches and jumbled memories of what I've read over the last year - I estimate the following probability of ownership for this coin: [LIST] [*]58.3% probability [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] [*]36.6% probability [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] [*]5.1% probability [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] [/LIST] I am not sure how I came up with [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], as he wasn't one of the options. Demonstrating complete confidence in my method - I selected [B][USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER][/B] as the provider of Coin #1. I will add to the thread, this coin from Alexandria, more than a century later: [ATTACH=full]1255391[/ATTACH] [B]Ptolemaeic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon)[/B], 145-116 BC, Æ (29mm, 22.09 g, 11h), Alexandria mint, Series 7 [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right [B]Rev:[/B] Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left [B]Ref: [/B][URL='https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p199t.html']Svoronos 1424B[/URL] (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 308–10 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); [URL='https://www.academia.edu/2181327/T_Faucher_and_C_Lorber_Bronze_coinage_of_Ptolemaic_Egypt_in_the_second_century_B_C_AJN_22_2010_pp_35_80']Lorber & Faucher[/URL] Series 7C[/QUOTE]
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