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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2542335, member: 72818&quot;]Well, I did give everyone a &#039;heads-up&#039; if posts of this type are becoming a bit too common and wearisome.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Like everyone else, I have several coins of the later issues with the usual Zeus and Eagle but not with those particular devices as struck by Ptolemy I, II or III, although I did snag a couple recently with the P-I portraits. The P-III posted below seemed obtainable at a discounted price with sharp details so I grabbed it leaving a future purchase of a Ptolemy I (Bust of the King, Alexander/Heracles or Zeus) to &#039;fickle fortune&#039;. Hopefully, I&#039;ll eventually acquire one of those humongous &#039;manhole cover&#039; sized examples many of you have as well. (BTW: Did you all know that a &#039;New England&#039; State attempted to change the term &#039;manhole&#039; covers to &#039;personhole&#039; covers a number of years back??? Jeez, what we do to be &#039;politically correct&#039; LOL<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, please feel free to post any of the type you have ...and especially those HUGE monsters that some of the newer members may not be aware even exist<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>AE Hemidrachm of Ptolemy III; 34 mm, 33.7 grams</p><p>Alexandria Cornucopia Series, circa 246-242 BC</p><p>Zeus/Ammon right.</p><p>Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae tied with fillet before,</p><p>monogram between legs.</p><p>PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS; Svoronos 965</p><p>[ATTACH=full]544971[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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