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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4548974, member: 110350"]I suppose I'm following in the footsteps of [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER]'s recent thread. I didn't post there because although I had already ordered this coin, I didn't have it yet, and I've already had enough bad luck here with posting about coins before they actually arrive!</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, for quite a while I've wanted to get at least one Ptolemaic tetradrachm to go with my one Seleucid tetradrachm, of Antiochos VIII (see my post at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/meaning-of-monograms-on-reverse-of-antiochos-viii-tetradrachm.360909/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/meaning-of-monograms-on-reverse-of-antiochos-viii-tetradrachm.360909/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/meaning-of-monograms-on-reverse-of-antiochos-viii-tetradrachm.360909/</a> ). This one wasn't terribly expensive as these things go, and they're now sitting next to each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), ca. 180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [D. Sear, <i>Greek Coins & their Values</i>, <i>Vol. II: Asia & Africa</i> (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5)* [J.N. Svoronos, <i>Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion </i> (Athens, 1904-08)]; SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum</i>, <i>Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies</i> (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [R.S. Poole, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt</i> (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126082[/ATTACH]</p><p>It's one of those coins that actually does look nicer "in hand" than in the photo. The slight roughness on Ptolemy's face is almost imperceptible without magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may notice what looks sort of like an upper-case lambda (Λ) on the side of Ptolemy's neck. Do you suppose that's some kind of banker's mark, or just a random scratch?</p><p><br /></p><p>* Here are the illustrations for this coin type (Svoronos 1489) in Svoronos Plate 51a:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126091[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4548974, member: 110350"]I suppose I'm following in the footsteps of [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER]'s recent thread. I didn't post there because although I had already ordered this coin, I didn't have it yet, and I've already had enough bad luck here with posting about coins before they actually arrive! In any event, for quite a while I've wanted to get at least one Ptolemaic tetradrachm to go with my one Seleucid tetradrachm, of Antiochos VIII (see my post at [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/meaning-of-monograms-on-reverse-of-antiochos-viii-tetradrachm.360909/[/URL] ). This one wasn't terribly expensive as these things go, and they're now sitting next to each other. Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), ca. 180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [D. Sear, [I]Greek Coins & their Values[/I], [I]Vol. II: Asia & Africa[/I] (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5)* [J.N. Svoronos, [I]Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion [/I] (Athens, 1904-08)]; SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum[/I], [I]Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies[/I] (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [R.S. Poole, [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt[/I] (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g. [ATTACH=full]1126082[/ATTACH] It's one of those coins that actually does look nicer "in hand" than in the photo. The slight roughness on Ptolemy's face is almost imperceptible without magnification. You may notice what looks sort of like an upper-case lambda (Λ) on the side of Ptolemy's neck. Do you suppose that's some kind of banker's mark, or just a random scratch? * Here are the illustrations for this coin type (Svoronos 1489) in Svoronos Plate 51a: [ATTACH=full]1126091[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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