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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2207529, member: 74282&quot;]I have a soft spot for Ptolemaics, probably because a Ptolemaic AE was my first Greek coin and my only one for quite a while, so this massive ancient that came in today is a pickup that I&#039;m already extremely fond of and couldn&#039;t wait to share. I purchased this from a good friend who allowed me to pick the one I liked most from 3 that he recently purchased. I&#039;m actually using his pictures and some cell phone pictures of mine below because I was having trouble with my camera. This is by far my biggest ancient and a type that I&#039;ve wanted to pick up for quite some time. This massive thing is 65 grams, 39mm in diameter and 8mm thick!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/upload/2015/08/03/20150803224839-a11bab50.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Drachm (39mm, 65g, 8mm thick). Alexandria mint. Series 5. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right /<b>ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ</b> Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopia; <b>Σ</b> control mark between legs. Svoronos 992; Weiser 61 (Ptolemy III); SNG Copenhagen 205-6; Noeske 147-9.&nbsp; Note: Svoronos attributes to Ptolemy III</p><p><br /></p><p>Now of course, my post wouldn&#039;t be complete without a family picture with my two smallest Ptolemies for comparison:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And some individual shots with the sizes:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/upload/2015/04/14/20150414203846-7d5b7517.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Trihemichalkon(15mm, 2.9g). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/<b>ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ</b> Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #42. Svoronos 839 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/upload/2015/04/14/20150414203849-3f3c0a2e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Chalkous(12.0mm, 2.0g). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/<b>ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ</b> Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #43. Svoronos 840</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else got any huge Ptolemies or tiny Ptolemies? Lets seem em! I wonder if anyone has one smaller than my Svoronos 840 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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