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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1845375, member: 42773&quot;]All other known proto-Nabataeans are overstruck on Ptolemaic bronzes, and most of them are so strongly overstruck that no detail of the host coin remains, other than the lathe centering dimple. Collectors of overstruck coins generally look for examples that present details of both the host and new coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the common proto-Nabataean overstrike with a coin that could have been its host for comparison. The reverse of the Nabataean shows the eagle&#039;s claws, feathers, and some of the legend, and since they both have desert &quot;patinas&quot; they belong in the thread...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s7.postimg.org/65ycelshn/proto_N_ptolemy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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