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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3095026, member: 76194&quot;]I saw that story the other day. Lovely coin. It definitely tells us quite a bit about Ptolemy III, he was a bit overweight, had a nice necklace, and the scaled armor is definitely a nice touch. I also love that snake clips between the reverse and obverse scale armor together. I&#039;d imagine that crown must not have very comfortable. That&#039;s a lot of hefty gold to have on your head all day, especially without padding. If I had to guess he probably had a wig (Egyptian style) which kept the crown from pressing down on his head, but still, it couldn&#039;t have been all that comfortable (unless he only wore it for state functions).</p><p><br /></p><p>I am surprised though at the imperfections of the die, as seen by the blobs on the fields of the coin. I would have imagined such high status coins would have received a little more quality control.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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