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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3040817, member: 56859&quot;]Great coin!!&nbsp; These massive Ptolemy bronzes were obviously difficult to strike deeply and yours is actually pretty nicely struck!&nbsp; Someone on CT has one that tips 100 gms (or maybe that&#039;s [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]&#039;s Carthage 15 shekel?) and someone has one that is astonishingly well-struck-- maybe the same coin.&nbsp; I have a 48 mm Ptolemy bronze and it&#039;s fairly homely, especially the reverse.&nbsp; The obverse is nice though.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ever-changing Ptolemy attributions have changed since I logged this coin.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s now thought to be an issue of Ptolemy III.&nbsp; Sorting this out is on the very long to-do list.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_480,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Ptolemy II Philadelphus</b></p><p>285-246 BCE</p><p>AE48 mm, 91.8 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref: Sear 7782, Svoronos 446</p><p><i><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-ptolemyii-ae48" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-ptolemyii-ae48" rel="nofollow">ex Professor James Eaton Collection</a>, acquired in the 1800s</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A better picture of the obverse, with a 5 mm Macedonian fractional atop (monkey on the obverse):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_600%2Ch_550%2Cq_75%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg&amp;hash=dc60d143a8b716d3cf91cc581d51a686" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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