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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2207726, member: 42773&quot;]Unfortunately, I have other awkward questions to add.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ptolemaics were quite specific about bronze weights, much more so than other cultures. The drachm-weight bronzes in Alexandria Series 5 come in at 68 grams, 42mm diameter. Variance is quite small. 65 grams is too light, and 39mm is too small for a drachm, and too large for the next lowest denomination, which comes in around 45g.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as what appears to be a seam, Ptolemaic bronzes can naturally exhibit this feature, due to lathe-machining of the flans. But on examples where this feature is seen, the edges are always beveled, striated, and uneven, again due to the nature of the technology...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430931[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I find the style of the eagle quite crude, and out of line with Alexandria emissions, but the coin has been tooled, so perhaps the tooling has altered the original style.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would post this at FORVM, where you will find a handful of experts in Ptolemaic coinage. I am not one of them, and I hope I&#039;m wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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