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<p>[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 4606075, member: 104887"]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>This overstrike can be used to confirm the order of the controls for the coins of this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140994[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BCE) </b></p><p><b>Cyprus, Uncertain Mint 22 (Probably On Cyprus) </b></p><p><b>Series 2, Bronze Weight Standard 1 - probably early 260s BCE</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Æ Obol</b></p><p><b>Size:</b> 21 mm</p><p><b>Wieght:</b> 9 g</p><p><br /></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 grain ear. Legend to left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]; to right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ]. No centration depresion. Dotted border.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Refs:</b> Lorber CPE-B0318**; Sv-382 / Sv-363, pl xi. 9 [19 listed]; COP-99 (die axis 12:00)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>**This coin noted in CPE references description under coins CPE-B311 and CPE-B318</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Next: Let's keep it going, any overstruck, mistruck, double-struck, or similar.</b></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>- Broucheion</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 4606075, member: 104887"]Hi All, This overstrike can be used to confirm the order of the controls for the coins of this series. [ATTACH=full]1140994[/ATTACH] [B]Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BCE) Cyprus, Uncertain Mint 22 (Probably On Cyprus) Series 2, Bronze Weight Standard 1 - probably early 260s BCE[/B] [B]Æ Obol Size:[/B] 21 mm [B]Wieght:[/B] 9 g [B]OBV:[/B] Alexander the Great in elephant scalp headdress facing right wearing scaly aegis tied by snakes. No centration depresion. Dotted border. [B]REV:[/B] Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed; In left field: ΔΙ above grain ear. Legend to left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]; to right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ]. No centration depresion. Dotted border. [B]Refs:[/B] Lorber CPE-B0318**; Sv-382 / Sv-363, pl xi. 9 [19 listed]; COP-99 (die axis 12:00) [I]**This coin noted in CPE references description under coins CPE-B311 and CPE-B318[/I] [I][B]Next: Let's keep it going, any overstruck, mistruck, double-struck, or similar.[/B] - Broucheion[/I][/QUOTE]
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