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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 24888955, member: 104887&quot;]<b>Hi All,</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Helmets are rare on Ptolemaic coins but they do exist, mainly as mint marks and controls. However, here is the only issue with a helmeted figure on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1598651[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>PTOLEMY V EPIPHANES (205/204-180 BCE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, SERIES 6B</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Æ Drachm</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Size: 19x18 mm </b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Weight: 4.7 g </b></p> <p style="text-align: center">(Typical measured weights: 3.05-6.45 g, av c 4.40 g, based on 14 specimens in Svoronos, SNG Copenhagen, ANS, and Paris.)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Die Axis: 00:00</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Broucheion Collection P-2002-05-12.001</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted male (Ares resembling Ptolemy V) draped bust facing right. Boiotian helmet. Centration depression. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. In right field: filleted cornucopia on eagle&#039;s shoulder. To left: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; to right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Centration depresion. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Refs:</b> Lorber CPE-II-B574 temp; Svoronos-1155, pl xxxvii, 20-21; SNG Copenhagen-235 to 236; Sear-7849; BMC 06.069, #011.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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