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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 24771897, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>Did I miss the original Alexandria in the list above? That would be <i>ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ πρὸς Αἰγύπτῳ</i> (or &#039;Alexandria ad Aegyptum&#039; - Alexandria <i>next to</i> Egypt).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is CPE-B5, one of the earliest bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1584807[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>PTOLEMY I SOTER (SATRAP: 323-305/4 BCE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, SERIES 1: ca 312 BCE</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Æ Chalkos</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Size: 9x10 mm </b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Weight: 1.01 g </b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Die Axis:00:00</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Broucheion Collection P-2001-12-20.001</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>OBV:</b> Alexander the Great facing right, diademmed and horned bare head with short, curly hair. Border not visible.</p><p><b>REV:</b> Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings spread. To left, legend: AΛΕ. In left field in front of eagle&#039;s leg: Δ. Border not visible.</p><p><b>Refs: </b>Svoronos 31, pl ii, 9 [6 listed]; HistMusFrankfurt 9. Unlisted by Weiser.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> From CPE-I: &quot;The bronze coinage was very likely inaugurated in conjunction with a transitional tetradrachm issue (Svoronos 29; CPE 39) that immediately preceded the Athena Promachos series. This issue paired the enthroned Zeus reverse type with a restyled head of Alexander wearing a prominent mitra, and it was on this transitional issue that the eagle on thunderbolt symbol appeared for the first time. The transitional tetradrachm is control linked to the bronze coins CPE B4-B6. In most recent literature the transitional tetradrachm is dated around 316, based on the chronology of GK Jenkins (1967, pp 60-61) and OH Zervos (1967; 1974, p 303). CC Lorber (in 2005) brought the evidence of Ptolemy’s earliest royal bronze coins to bear on the chronology of the tetradrachms. Although some aspects of that paper require revision, a date of c. 312 still appears probable for the transitional issue and the associated bronze coinage.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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