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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24674676, member: 87809&quot;]Also have a Ptolemy I as Satrap tetradrachm; it has different monograms, but what I find quiet interesting is that it also has a large flan flaw on the obverse on the neck of the head.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria, 315 - 306 BC, </p><p>26 mm, 15.660 g</p><p>Svoronos (1904-1908) no. 146, Pl. V, 7; Lorber Monogram 20 and Lorber Monograms 35 and 58; SNG Copenhagen 18; BMC 21 in Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Reginald Stuart Poole, 1883, p 3; No. 21 where the mint is said to be Cyprus; SGCV II 7749; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of the deified Alexander to r., wearing diadem and elephant skin headdress, scaly aegis around neck, and horn of Ammon on his forehead; tiny ∆ before elephant&#039;s ear. Dotted border</p><p>&nbsp;Rev.: <i>AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ</i> Athena Alkidemos advancing r., hurling spear with her r. hand and with shield over her extended l. arm; Lorber Monogram 20: <i>ΓA</i> in l. field. In r. field <i>a</i>bove eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt: Lorber Monogram 35: <i>ΑT </i>and Lorber monogram 58: <i>ΔΦO. </i>Dotted border.</p><p><br /></p><p>My apologies for the bad quality of pictures, I just can&#039;t get good ones...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573784[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573785[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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