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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 8012285, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]1389851[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389852[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, AE Oktobol, 246 to 222 BC</p><p>Ptolemy III Euergetes; Mint: Alexandria ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus Ammon right, border dots.</p><p>Rev: Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt, looking right; E between legs. ΠTOΛEMAI[OY] BAΣIΛ[EΩΣ]. border dots.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin appears to be double struck. The obverse is flat on its high points, but shows no signs of a double strike. The reverse has two centering dots. One dot is at the coin’s center. The second dot is about 1/3rd of the way to the edge at 2 o’clock and is mostly filled. The reverse legend, ΠTOΛ...EMAI...[OY], is on two lines. The first 4 letters are farther from the edge and stop at the top of a second wing. The next 4 letters are closer to the edge and run off the flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>80.8 grams</p><p>11 h</p><p>46 mm dia X 7.5 mm thick; the coin’s diameter varies from 45.4 to 46.4 mm and the thickness at the edge varies from 5.9 to 7.0 mm. You can see the under strike at the thin edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 7782</p><p><br /></p><p>I followed <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" rel="nofollow">Ptolemaic Bronze Denomination Series (ptolemybronze.com)</a> to determine Ptolemy III vs Ptolemy II. I could not find how to determine mint, and picked the most common mint given in online attributions. I am not sure what the letters between the eagle&#039;s legs: E &amp; Λ and no mark mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen several hockey puck posts in CT. Someone with a bit of background in these can let me know if I picked the right ruler and mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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