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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4539597, member: 99456"]Great coin - you got the "good brother". If you haven't found it already, Ed Waddell's site has a copy of Svornos (1904) online: <a href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p172t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p172t.html" rel="nofollow">1228</a> - with Plate <a href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc038p002p.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc038p002p.html" rel="nofollow">XXXVIII.28</a> images are a bit small but still nice to have.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also add to the provenance & references for your coin:</p><p><b>ex-CNG</b> <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6483628" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6483628" rel="nofollow">eAuction 456 Lot 248 13-Nov-2019</a></p><p><b>ex-Pegasi</b> BBS 143 lot 196 26-Aug-2014 (noted by CNG)</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="https://archive.org/details/tanomismatatoukrv1v2sbor/page/200/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/tanomismatatoukrv1v2sbor/page/200/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Svoronos 1228</a>; Olivier 3293–304 (obv. die D46); Mørkholm, Ptolemaic 357–63 (obv. die a38); SNG Copenhagen 562 var. (Z not retrograde; same obv. die); DCA 76</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my Ptolemy Tet of VIII - little brother to Ptolemy VI Philometer: a long story of sibling rivalry, as they started out joint rulers ~169-164 BC. My coin is from VIII (after VI died in 145) joint reign with Sister Cleopatra II with whom he had one child and niece Cleopatra III (daughter of VI) with whom he had 5 children (I find the <a href="http://www.instonebrewer.com/TyndaleSites/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_viii_fr.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.instonebrewer.com/TyndaleSites/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_viii_fr.htm" rel="nofollow">family tree</a> - family network - relatively unintelligible). Wikipedia reports that Greek sources much preferred VI over his brother describing Ptolemy VIII as a cruel, fat, degenerate, among other things.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123863[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II</b>, nicknamed <i>Physcon</i> (Φύσκων "Fatty"), reign 145-116 BC, Alexandria Tetradrachm, circa 132-131 (year 39), AR</p><p><b>Size:</b> 28.3mm, 14.13g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; L ΛΘ to left, ΠΑ to right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p212t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p212t.html" rel="nofollow">Svoronos 1513</a> (<a href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc052p001p.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc052p001p.html" rel="nofollow">Plate LII.14</a>), SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; DCA 54</p><p><br /></p><p>Svornos looks better at <a href="https://archive.org/details/tanomismatatoukrv1v2sbor/page/250/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/tanomismatatoukrv1v2sbor/page/250/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">archive.org</a>, but seems to be missing the plates</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4539597, member: 99456"]Great coin - you got the "good brother". If you haven't found it already, Ed Waddell's site has a copy of Svornos (1904) online: [URL='https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p172t.html']1228[/URL] - with Plate [URL='https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc038p002p.html']XXXVIII.28[/URL] images are a bit small but still nice to have. You can also add to the provenance & references for your coin: [B]ex-CNG[/B] [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6483628']eAuction 456 Lot 248 13-Nov-2019[/URL] [B]ex-Pegasi[/B] BBS 143 lot 196 26-Aug-2014 (noted by CNG) [B]Ref: [/B][URL='https://archive.org/details/tanomismatatoukrv1v2sbor/page/200/mode/2up']Svoronos 1228[/URL]; Olivier 3293–304 (obv. die D46); Mørkholm, Ptolemaic 357–63 (obv. die a38); SNG Copenhagen 562 var. (Z not retrograde; same obv. die); DCA 76 Here's my Ptolemy Tet of VIII - little brother to Ptolemy VI Philometer: a long story of sibling rivalry, as they started out joint rulers ~169-164 BC. My coin is from VIII (after VI died in 145) joint reign with Sister Cleopatra II with whom he had one child and niece Cleopatra III (daughter of VI) with whom he had 5 children (I find the [URL='http://www.instonebrewer.com/TyndaleSites/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_viii_fr.htm']family tree[/URL] - family network - relatively unintelligible). Wikipedia reports that Greek sources much preferred VI over his brother describing Ptolemy VIII as a cruel, fat, degenerate, among other things. [ATTACH=full]1123863[/ATTACH] [B]Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II[/B], nicknamed [I]Physcon[/I] (Φύσκων "Fatty"), reign 145-116 BC, Alexandria Tetradrachm, circa 132-131 (year 39), AR [B]Size:[/B] 28.3mm, 14.13g [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis [B]Rev:[/B] ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; L ΛΘ to left, ΠΑ to right [B]Ref:[/B] [URL='https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p212t.html']Svoronos 1513[/URL] ([URL='https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc052p001p.html']Plate LII.14[/URL]), SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; DCA 54 Svornos looks better at [URL='https://archive.org/details/tanomismatatoukrv1v2sbor/page/250/mode/2up']archive.org[/URL], but seems to be missing the plates [ATTACH=full]1123882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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