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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 7941365, member: 104887&quot;]<font size="4">Hi All,</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Here is a lead monetiform object with types of Berenice II, possibly a trial strike or decadrachm coin weight</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1374651[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 Bce)</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Uncertain Mint, Year 05 (243/242 BCE)</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>LORBER: </b>CPE-B403A (This specimen, CPE Plate Coin). Svoronos- Unlisted (but see Sv-972 for reverse of Au Dekadrachm)</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Pb </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Size:</b> 36.1 x 39.4 mm (16.7 mm thick)</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Weight:</b> 77.1 g</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Die Axis:</b> 00:00</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>OBV:</b> Uniface</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>REV:</b> The reverse devices of CPE-B403. Single fileted cornucopia (twist left) amid two stars of the Dioskuroi. Legend at left: ΒEΡEΝΙΚΗΣ; at right: ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣΣΗΣ. Below, E (= year 5). Dotted border.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>PROVENANCE:</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>CPE Plate Coin.</i> Ex-Ancient Imports (July 2007), examined and authenticated by CC Lorber.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Notes: </b>The types and controls of this unique item relate it to the enigmatic Attic-weight gold decadrachms and pentadrachms issued for Berenice II (see CPE 744-745), though the reverse design differs slightly in the contents of the cornucopiae and in the omission of the royal diadem normally tied around it. Alexandria, mint of the Attic-weight coinage for Berenice, could be the source of this object, but differences in style and iconographic detail leave open the possibility that it was fabricated elsewhere. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">- Broucheion</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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