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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gao, post: 637146, member: 19409&quot;]Since we&#039;re showing more than one now, let me present to you my next most valuable coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy II Philadelphos</p><p>285-246 BC</p><p>Ptolemaic AE 40</p><p>Svoronos 788 B</p><p><br /></p><p>O: Zeus Ammon, facing right</p><p><br /></p><p>R: PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS surrounding twin eagles standing on thunderbolts facing left, double cornucopia at shoulder of right eagle</p><p><br /></p><p>After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire was divided amongst his generals, with Ptolemy taking Egypt.&nbsp; His son, Ptolemy II, introduced some gigantic bronze coins.&nbsp; This particular one is 40mm in diameter, which makes it a little wider than a Morgan dollar and about twice as thick as one, and if I remember correctly (I don&#039;t have a scale with me, and while the seller listed the weight when he sold it, he forgot to write it on the label), it weighs around 40 grams, making it the biggest and heaviest coin I have.&nbsp; This is hardly the largest coin produced during this reign, as I&#039;ve heard of ones up to around 50 mm wide and nearly 100 grams![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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