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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4288496, member: 85693"]Congratulations on your first Ptolemaic bronze. It is a series I am very fond of, and that site Justin recommends is my go-to spot for figuring these out. </p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I think you are getting warm with attribution, but the size of your second example doesn't match SV 1424B which the site has at 21.9 grams. Yours is considerably lighter. The confusion comes because so many of these Ptolemaic AEs are the same design, but different sizes. </p><p><br /></p><p>And the 1424's are confusing, as noted in this FORVM post:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=103858.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=103858.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=103858.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That second example you have does have an interesting "thing" in the left reverse field. I think I found an example on the site, but I'll let you have the pleasure of hunting it down. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my SB 1424B (I think!) - it looks like yours, but note the size (21.56 grams, 28 x 25 mm).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091654[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Ptolemy VI-VIII Æ 28</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Lorber & Faucher <b>Series 7C</b></b></p><p><b>(c. 169-c. 130 B.C.) </b></p><p>Diademed head Zeus-Ammon / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; Two eagles with wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left.</p><p>Svoronos 1424-B.</p><p>(21.56 grams / 28 X 25 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4288496, member: 85693"]Congratulations on your first Ptolemaic bronze. It is a series I am very fond of, and that site Justin recommends is my go-to spot for figuring these out. That being said, I think you are getting warm with attribution, but the size of your second example doesn't match SV 1424B which the site has at 21.9 grams. Yours is considerably lighter. The confusion comes because so many of these Ptolemaic AEs are the same design, but different sizes. And the 1424's are confusing, as noted in this FORVM post: [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=103858.0[/URL] That second example you have does have an interesting "thing" in the left reverse field. I think I found an example on the site, but I'll let you have the pleasure of hunting it down. Here is my SB 1424B (I think!) - it looks like yours, but note the size (21.56 grams, 28 x 25 mm). [ATTACH=full]1091654[/ATTACH] [B] Ptolemy VI-VIII Æ 28 Alexandria Lorber & Faucher [B]Series 7C[/B] (c. 169-c. 130 B.C.) [/B] Diademed head Zeus-Ammon / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; Two eagles with wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left. Svoronos 1424-B. (21.56 grams / 28 X 25 mm)[/QUOTE]
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