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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7836525, member: 91461"]Stunning pick up [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] !</p><p>Like [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] I too slept on the Leu provincials. And since I've posted my snake cowboy recently and a coin from this auction, here is another coin from this auction. </p><p>It's my only Ptolemy I portrait... by Ptolemy II. Despite someone taking a bite out of this cookie the masterful artistry shines through:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347353[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC.</b> Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 13.00 g, 12 h), Sidon, RY 32 = 254/3 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck. <i>Rev.</i> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above monogram of MT; to right, ΛB. CPE 524. Svoronos 739. Crystallized, double struck and with some edge chipping<i>, otherwise,</i> about extremely fine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7836525, member: 91461"]Stunning pick up [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] ! Like [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] I too slept on the Leu provincials. And since I've posted my snake cowboy recently and a coin from this auction, here is another coin from this auction. It's my only Ptolemy I portrait... by Ptolemy II. Despite someone taking a bite out of this cookie the masterful artistry shines through: [ATTACH=full]1347353[/ATTACH] [B]Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC.[/B] Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 13.00 g, 12 h), Sidon, RY 32 = 254/3 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck. [I]Rev.[/I] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above monogram of MT; to right, ΛB. CPE 524. Svoronos 739. Crystallized, double struck and with some edge chipping[I], otherwise,[/I] about extremely fine.[/QUOTE]
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