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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25478220, member: 87809&quot;]Can&#039;t see what you mean by &quot;The dating may be a little later the reign of Ptolemy V though&quot; </p><p>I followed the link and the dating for Ptolemy V is 205/4 - 180 BCE, which is also the date on the coin flip. The link to &quot;Short biographical sketch of Ptolemy V&quot; isn&#039;t working.</p><p><br /></p><p>Search on the page linked below to find the coin photo for &quot;Sv1384&quot;, then read the paragraph above it:</p><p><a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" rel="nofollow">http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If I understand correctly the paragraph, the dating refers to Class 2 coins:</p><p>&quot;If the Class 2 coins&#039; obverse inscription refers to the period of 168 - 163 BC and pertains to the rule of Ptolemy VI, then the best dating for these may well be from some a bit earlier than 168 BC to some time after 163 BC.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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