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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3617481, member: 87404&quot;]Here&#039;s one that I got last week that is the Alexandrian companion in history to my 2 Hieron II coins imitating this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969226[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ptolemy II, AE diobol, (A monogram), Svoronos 560</p><p><i><font size="3">[my ID is in a doc on my laptop at home] </font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Hieron II imitating (or hiring Alexandrian celators?)...</p><p><a href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190320_195516773.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190320_195516773.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190320_195516773.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190415_192100679.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Syracuse, Sicily imitating Ptolemaic Issues of Ptolemy II Philadelphos in Alexandria</b></p><p><b>Minted under Hieron II, Ruled 270-215 BC</b></p><p><b>AE Litra, Uncertain mint in Sicily</b></p><p><b>Struck post-reform circa 264-263 BC</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Laureate head of Zeus right (Sicilian Portrait Style B).</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left, control mark A to lower right near eagle tail; all within sold circle border.</p><p><b>References</b>: Svoronos 615, Wolf &amp; Lorber, ‘Western Greek’ Style, Subgroup 3, H69 (A42/P56)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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