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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3053457, member: 56859&quot;]<b><span style="color: #0000ff">Ptolemy I Soter</span></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In his satrapal days:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4adf935c9599465485b0945853680d0d.jpg/v1/fit/w_1702,h_1064,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/ae43f8_4adf935c9599465485b0945853680d0d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>satrap of Tyre, dated RY 32 of king Azemilkos (318/7 BC).</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 16.9 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress</p><p>Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ||–= ЧO (date [year 32]) to left</p><p>Ref: Price 3283; Newell, Dated 35; DCA 737</p><p><br /></p><p>In Egypt, before he declared himself king:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyisatrapelephantheaddress-rted-jpg.525509/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard)</p><p>Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra (headband) of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead</p><p>Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7</p><p><br /></p><p>And as king:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3Def8d85a1a9fb2e50d0ca0333dc1a3a23&amp;hash=47f0050cf2614793127b087a13630c3d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PTOLEMIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>Struck c. 300-285 BCE, Alexandreia mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 28 mm, 13.92 gm</p><p>Obv: diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69; Noeske 40</p><p><br /></p><p>(I&#039;ll forego posting bunches of subsequent Ptolemy bronzes)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Poppaea</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_7f194347c72146cd873b25d9c5f4ee3d.jpg_srz_p_1000_523_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero</b></p><p>year 10, CE 63/4 </p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv: NEPΩKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEPAY; radiate head right</p><p>Rev: Bust of Poppaea right; ΠOΠΠAIAΣEBAΣTH; LI</p><p>Ref: Emmett 128(10) R1, Milne 217</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Philip I &quot;The Arab&quot;</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thrace-deultum-philipi-beehive-jpg.411240/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Deultum. Philip I &quot;The Arab&quot;</b></p><p>CE 244-249</p><p>AE16, 3.05 gm</p><p>Obv: PHILIPPVS IMP M I; laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield</p><p>Rev: C-F P-D in two lines across fields, beehive on a base</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3041 corr. (rev. description; Varbanov describes the beehive as on a temple, similar to the known type of Philip II, but on this coin it appears to be a simple base or stand)</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>His son <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Philip II</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipii-hermanubis-tet-e3592-4c-r1-rt_edited-1-jpg.508256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged <b>caduceus</b> in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal (looking more like Disney&#039;s Pluto) left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676; Dattari-Savio pl. 264, 5079</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Postumus</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_f6e3e51ceda94760a459591360a1a514.jpg%25252525252Fv1%25252525252Ffill%25252525252Fw_1000%25252525252Ch_535%25252525252Cal_c%25252525252Cq_90%25252525252Fae43f8_f6e3e51ceda94760a459591360a1a514.jpg%2525252526hash%252525253D8bc0edb92896975e6c5aa5b1ff079699%25252526hash%2525253D05400d3b6bad087269872a9d6e9d1f73%252526hash%25253D00db71b14acab4ec23a67e01c24a763b%2526hash%253D414f4c18d86a17ff2ebf7f6b8bf78d0b%26hash%3D67b83c3f531733fb35e7a1335d0863b4&amp;hash=adec60174c4707bfec4cec19864efdc5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Postumus</b></p><p>CE 260-269</p><p>antoninianus, 20 x 22 mm, 3.0 gm</p><p>struck CE 263</p><p>Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, leaning on a column, holding a scepter in her right hand and a cornucopiae in her left; at her feet to left, globe</p><p>Ref: RIC VII 81, Cologne [supposedly; I certainly don&#039;t know this for a fact]; AGK (corr.) 70. Cunetio -. Elmer 334. Gilljam -[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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