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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1878459, member: 42773&quot;]I haven&#039;t studied Ptolemaic bronzes enough to clearly identify the host coins. The seller of the above coin identifies the undertype as a bronze of Ptolemy II. Here&#039;s an example of a coin of Ptolemy II in the same orientation as above, and it seems to fit the bill (not my coin)...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s24.postimg.org/h5pp0b5ed/ptolemy_ii.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes the overstrike obliterates the host coin&#039;s devices to the point that it&#039;s impossible to accurately pin down the original coin. I&#039;ve consulted Ptolemaic experts about a few of my proto-Nabataeans, and the most they could do was narrow the undertypes down to two or three possibilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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