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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 4938715, member: 104887&quot;]Ptolemy V bronze coinage with helmet or herm - bronze weight standard 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Helmet Series</p><p>∎ References: Svoronos 1635, pl. liv, 18-19 [10 listed]; Köln 162 (Ptolemy VI).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1186940[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This issue was probably struck at a mint other than Paphos, due to the substitution of a helmet symbol or a herm for the lotus blossom mintmark. The substitution of a helmet for the lotus blossom mintmark might place these coins in the context of the Fifth Syrian War.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Helmet Series conforms to the metrology and denominational system of Series 3-5 employed in Egypt from the latter 260s until the end of the third century, which remained the standard for Cypriote bronzes through the reign of Ptolemy VI. The discovery of a specimen of triobol size (33mm, c 36g)&nbsp; at Fethiye (ancient Telmessus) favors a date of issue no later than 197, when Antiochus III seized the Ptolemaic territories in southern Asia Minor.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Next: Another helmet on the reverse of a coin</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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