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Message:: [QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 3894484, member: 104887"][ATTACH=full]1027164[/ATTACH] Ptolemy V EpiphanesMint: Telmessus ca 197 BCESize: 27 mmWeight: 13.97 gAxis: 12hrOBV: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis. Dotted border.REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. Legend to left: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; To right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. In left field: tripod. Dotted border. Lorber CPE-0979 temp; Svoronos-Unlistedex Freeman & Sear Fixed Price List 4, lot 49. Per CC Lorber:"The first specimens of this issue were recorded only in 1966. Its style places it in the reign of Ptolemy V, while its obscurity points to a provincial origin. The tripod, like the owl of the following series, is probably a symbol of significance to the mint city, ie, a mintmark. Bronzes with a tripod mintmark are represented in large numbers in the museum at Fethiye (ancient Telmessus) and were certainly minted locally at the time of the Third Syrian War. Bronzes of this type, of later style, seem to represent a revival in the reign of Ptolemy V (see CPE B602). Telmessus remained Ptolemaic until 197, when it was captured by Antiochus III. This issue, the only known silver coinage of Ptolemaic type from this region, and the corresponding bronzes were probably struck in connection with the defense of Telmessus against the Seleucids." - Broucheion[/QUOTE]