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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikjo0, post: 141482, member: 3565&quot;]It&#039;s easy to tell the difference between the portraits of Zeus and the Ptolemys because Zeus is always bearded while they are clean-shaven.It&#039;s a bit trickier to differentiate Dad from son but basically,Ptolemy II has very regular features with a romanesque nose while Dad is always shown as quite distorted looking with a sharply hooked nose and protruding chin.</p><p>I also found a photo of the other coin you mentioned on the Lawrence College website.It depicts Ptolemy II and his sister/queen Arsinoe on the obverse and Ptolemy I and wife Berenike on the obverse.Perhaps they would give you permission.Contact them here&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.lawrence.edu/directory/contactus.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lawrence.edu/directory/contactus.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.lawrence.edu/directory/contactus.shtml</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; (art dept.)</p><p>here is the page showing the coin:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art/buerger/catalogue/056.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art/buerger/catalogue/056.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art/buerger/catalogue/056.html</a></p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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