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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26665933, member: 92212&quot;]My hobby budget allowed the purchase of this bronze <u><b>hemiobol</b></u> portrait of Mr. Ptolemy III in a CNG auction back in 2015.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1701364[/ATTACH]</p><p>PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC.</p><p>Æ Hemiobol.&nbsp; Uncertain mint in the Peloponnesos. Struck 243 - 222 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Laureate bust of Pt. III, right, wearing aegis</p><p>Rev.: Eagle, closed wings, on thunderbolt; cornucopia; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ</p><p>Diam.: 19 mm.&nbsp; Weight: 5.1 g.&nbsp;&nbsp; Axis: 12h</p><p>Attrib.: Sv. 1000.&nbsp; CPE B407.&nbsp; Weiser 69.&nbsp; SNG Cop. 193-5.&nbsp; Noeske 126-9.</p><p>Notes:&nbsp; VF.&nbsp; Brown surfaces with touches of green. Some faint cleaning marks.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Probably struck for use in Greece/Peloponnesos (see EHC pp. 107-8).</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; From the collection of Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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