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<p>[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 3103711, member: 32619"]This topic comes up pretty regularly on CoinTalk. The hobby is fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now what coin to buy? I would second a tetradrachm of Alexander or if size and heft interest you, consider a bronze from one of the Ptolemies. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-20-ptolemy-iv-sv-1125.3821/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy IV, BC 246-222</p><p>AE, 41mm; 12h</p><p>Obv.: Bust of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ; eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopia tied with fillet before, ΔI between legs[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 3103711, member: 32619"]This topic comes up pretty regularly on CoinTalk. The hobby is fine. Now what coin to buy? I would second a tetradrachm of Alexander or if size and heft interest you, consider a bronze from one of the Ptolemies. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-20-ptolemy-iv-sv-1125.3821/full[/IMG] Ptolemy IV, BC 246-222 AE, 41mm; 12h Obv.: Bust of Zeus-Ammon right Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ; eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopia tied with fillet before, ΔI between legs[/QUOTE]
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