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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7395362, member: 84744&quot;]That Isis coin is a real beauty - lovely photograph too!&nbsp; Here&#039;s mine with a ΠΑ monogram (15.70g), which I&#039;ve attributed to series 7b under (probably) Ptolemy VI&#039;s sole reign, 163-145 BCE:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286700[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I don&#039;t think your attribution is correct, though I hasten to add that I&#039;m no expert on these!&nbsp; However if I&#039;m interpreting the info on the <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" rel="nofollow">Wolf site</a> correctly, the weight of yours puts it quite firmly in series 7c (Sv1235), after my 7b and so roughly during the reign of Ptolemy VIII (c. 145-116).&nbsp; He notes that 6e probably isn&#039;t a genuine series, and even if it is, lighter coins like yours are best put in 7c.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the most relevant chart is this one from the Faucher &amp; Lorber paper you cited:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286704[/ATTACH]</p><p>There was a massive monetary reform c. 205 in which all the bronze was demonetized and reissued with new denominations.&nbsp; This chart represents, in their opinion, the most likely hypothesis for how the new system of reckoning in terms of &quot;new drachms&quot; fits with the old system, where 60 new drachms = 1 old drachm.&nbsp; That would make both of our coins 60 new drachms = 1 old drachm.&nbsp; Our coins, at around 15g, are half the weight of the series 6a version of this denomination due to a further reform instituted in series 7.&nbsp; Interestingly our coins should both have a high admixture of lead in them (mine could be as high as 30% lead!) which made the reissued bronze go even further.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weight on [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]&#039;s Isis coin makes it harder to attribute.&nbsp; It might be a 6e... if the series exists.&nbsp; Or it might also be a 7c.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]&#039;s Cleopatra VII coin has the denomination in terms of &quot;new drachmae&quot; marked directly on the coin, M for 40 drachmae, just visible in the right field. My coin from the same series is marked Π for 80 drachmae, also in the right field:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286706[/ATTACH]</p><p>RC and I have a competition going for the ugliest Cleo VII coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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