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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2972746, member: 82549&quot;][ATTACH=full]729620[/ATTACH] </p><p>I just picked this up at the Westchester Coin Show. The only information that came with it was &quot;Ptolemy II.&quot; The coin is 38 mm and weighs 45.3 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been poking around online to learn a little more about it. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s of Ptolemy II; I think it&#039;s either Ptolemy III or Ptolemy IV. I&#039;ve seen coins of both emperors with the eagle looking right and a cornucopia behind on the reverse. Both emperors have coins similar to this with the &quot;E&quot; monogram between the eagle&#039;s legs. Stylistically, the coin looks more like the examples of Ptolemy IV that I&#039;ve seen, but I&#039;ve seen only a couple examples of each so far, so I&#039;m not sure this is relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone tell me how to distinguish coins of Ptolemy III with this reverse type from those of Ptolemy IV? </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the coins I&#039;ve seen online have a Svoronos catalog number. Can anyone tell me the title of the work that these catalog numbers numbers refer to?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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