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<p>[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4870441, member: 84065"]Large clunky Egyptian bronze can be an obsession. This is in the SD box, so I can't give you a photo of scale. But I believe it is a good 6mm thick. Even heavier examples are out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Æ Octobol (44mm, 97.75g). Alexandreia mint, Series 4E. Obv: Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion over forehead, dotted border. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY; Eagle with wings spread standing left on thunderbolt, head right; no control mark. Ref: CPE B388; Svoronos 412; SNG Copenhagen 141.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176067[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4870441, member: 84065"]Large clunky Egyptian bronze can be an obsession. This is in the SD box, so I can't give you a photo of scale. But I believe it is a good 6mm thick. Even heavier examples are out there. Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Æ Octobol (44mm, 97.75g). Alexandreia mint, Series 4E. Obv: Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion over forehead, dotted border. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY; Eagle with wings spread standing left on thunderbolt, head right; no control mark. Ref: CPE B388; Svoronos 412; SNG Copenhagen 141. [ATTACH=full]1176067[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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