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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 24703618, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>This overstrike can be used to confirm the order of the controls for the coins</p><p>of this series.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1578010[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BCE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Cyprus, Uncertain Mint 22 (Probably On Cyprus)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Series 2, Bronze Weight Standard 1 - probably early 260s BCE</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Æ Obol</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Size: 21 mm</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Wieght: 9 g</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Axis: 11:00</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Broucheion Collection P-2000-10-28.001</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Obv:</b> Alexander the Great in elephant scalp headdress facing right wearing scaly aegis tied by snakes. No centration depresion. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed; In left field: ΔΙ above</p><p>grain ear. Legend to left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]; to right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ]. No</p><p>centration depresion. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Refs:</b> Lorber CPE-B318<b>**</b>; Sv-382 / Sv-363, pl xi. 9 [19 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-99 (die axis 12:00).</p><p><b>Appearance: </b>The images of Svoronos-382 are on top of Svoronos-363 justifying the sequence of issue. The XAP monogram is known on coins from both the EY series and Delta I/grain ear series.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>**</b>This coin noted in CPE references description under coins CPE-B311 and</p><p>CPE-B318</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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