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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7394317, member: 91461&quot;]WoWiE!!! That Isis is a beauty<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>For Q2, my understanding is that the horns make him Ammon. But like you I see most Zeus on polemic coins listed as Ammon.</p><p>I&#039;ve been slacking on doing a write up on this hidden in plain site counter marked, borderline Macedonian shieldish coin (hey, ptolemy II was born in Macedonia. So a shield on his coin should kinda count despite the Olbian oval shadow). Though, not as cherry as [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] beauty above. One I&#039;d been hunting for a while now. </p><p>Do you see the counter mark?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286547[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC). AE Diobol, Alexandria mint. Head of Zeus-Ammon right. / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, Σ / shield in left field, c/m: trident. Lorber B166. AE. 14.15 g. 22.00 mm. Rare with trident countermark. About VF/Good F. Purchased from Artemide Kunstauktionen Jan 2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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