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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 6449992, member: 44210&quot;]I will guess [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] since from what I remember, he is not a collector who strictly keeps to a certain collecting area/niche; even though he is primarily a Roman collector, he will probably want something different every now and again. Reminds me of how I am as a collector; even though I’m mainly into Roman, Greek, and Byzantine, I’ll occasionally get an urge to pick up something different, like an Islamic or medieval coin. Also, when I first saw the coin photos, they reminded me of his other photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I must confess that I’ve secretly been a 9 (soon to be 10) year-old Quaker parrot this whole time, one who loves (to grab and play with) ancient coins, so I fulfill the YN rule <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256697[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s a denomination you don’t often see among Ptolemaic coins: the didrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Ptolemy VI</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AR didrachm</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis</p><p><b>Rev</b>: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Alexandria</p><p><b>Date</b>: 162-161 BC</p><p><b>Ref</b>: Svoronos 1209</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyvivk-jpg.1247559/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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