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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2502148, member: 56859&quot;]What is the weight of your coin, Topcat?&nbsp; It might help narrow the field a bit because standards changed over the years, dramatically during Ptolemy I&#039;s reign and subtly in later eras.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel certain that it is not one of the earliest Ptolemaic rulers-- not Ptolemy I, not Ptolemy II-- based on the portrait.&nbsp; Ptolemy I and II&#039;s portraits show rounder features with a puffiness at the brow and lateral eye.&nbsp; The later portraits have more compact and angular features, like your coins.&nbsp; Browsing the Ptolemy plates in SNG Copenhangen volume 8 (the only volume I own), I&#039;d put yours at Ptolemy VI or later based on what I can glean from the portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since these Ptolemaic coins are generally identified by features found on the reverse, you&#039;re probably out of luck in terms of getting a definite answer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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