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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3649390, member: 87404&quot;]<img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181635795.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC</b></p><p><b>AE Diobol, Alexandria mint, Series 2</b></p><p><b>Struck circa 285-261/0 BC</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; Σ above Galatian shield to left, A between legs.</p><p><b>References</b>: Svoronos 560</p><p><b>Size</b>: 29mm, 14.37g</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>I was really excited to finally get this coin, as it is the counterpart to this pair of Sicilian imitation from Hieron II:</p><p>[ATTACH]980234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]980235[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><b>Syracuse, Sicily imitating Ptolemaic Issues of Ptolemy II Philadelphos in Alexandria</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Minted under Hieron II, Ruled 270-215 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Litra, Uncertain mint in Sicily</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Struck</b> post-reform circa 264-263 BC</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: Laureate head of Zeus right (Sicilian Portrait Style B).</font></p><p><font size="3"><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.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: Svoronos 615, Wolf &amp; Lorber, ‘Western Greek’ Style, Subgroup 3,<font size="3"> H69 (A42/P56)</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><a href="http://royalnumismaticsociety.org/NC_Offprints/NC171/NC171_Offprint_102010_Lorber_Article.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://royalnumismaticsociety.org/NC_Offprints/NC171/NC171_Offprint_102010_Lorber_Article.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://royalnumismaticsociety.org/NC_Offprints/NC171/NC171_Offprint_102010_Lorber_Article.pdf</a></font></p><p><a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/New_Sicily_Article_REV_6.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/New_Sicily_Article_REV_6.htm" rel="nofollow"><font size="3">http://ptolemybronze.com/New_Sicily_Article_REV_6.htm</font></a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: BC imitation</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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