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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2709146, member: 56859&quot;]I have to agree with John&#039;s assertion about this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; When he posted it I knew it would be mine and was prepared to go Clio on it (sorry, whoever else was trying for it in this recent auction <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Post-Svoronos scholarship suggests these were issued under Ptolemy III rather than under Ptolemy XIII-X.</p><p><br /></p><p>From <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" rel="nofollow">PtolemyBronze.com</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Ashton&#039;s report on Ptolemaic bronzes at Fethiye (Turkey) reported a large number of trident coins of the two smaller types. The two smaller coins, likely from Turkey, show the familiar Zeus Ammon obverse, accompanied by a closed wing eagle and a trident on the reverse. These coins are attributed by Svoronos to Berytos (Beirut) but modern finds indicate they are most likely from the area near (modern) Bodrum in Turkey. Ptolemaic possessions during the 3rd C. BC were scattered around the Mediterranean and these are likely coins from one of the Ptolemaic settlements of that time. See the book by Roger Bagnall on Ptolemaic possessions outside Egypt. All are relatively scarce.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve found six in archives, all from the same auction company and all within the last four years so maybe a small hoard was found.&nbsp; Maybe more will be released to market.&nbsp; All were in relatively good condition compared to other small Ptolemaic bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611306[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy III Euergetes</b></p><p>246-221 BCE, Asia Minor (possibly Halicarnassus* in Caria)</p><p>AE chalkous; 14 mm, 1.7 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia.</p><p>Rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle standing left on thunderbolt; trident to left.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Svoronos 840.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Modern Bodrum was, in ancient times, Halicarnassus in Caria so I&#039;ve made the assumption that Halicarnassus was therefore the likely site of this coin&#039;s origin.&nbsp; I could be wrong <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Halicarnassus is perhaps best known today as the site of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world:&nbsp; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.</p><p><br /></p><p>My largest Ptolemy bronze and smallest Ptolemy bronze together:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611310[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The hockey puck under the chalkous is 48 mm and 91.8 gm, issued by Ptolemy II.&nbsp; The larger coin is 54 times heavier than the chalkous!</p><p><br /></p><p>When &quot;developing&quot; my pictures of the new coin, for a moment I thought the obverse was jugate.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m not sure if this reflects double striking or if it is just the way the dies were engraved:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611315[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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