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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8530889, member: 87809&quot;]Excellent addition, a nice heavy one.</p><p><br /></p><p>It took me while to find a Ptolemy IV, they seem to a bit harder to get, but I finally did:</p><p>AE Drachm</p><p>42 mm, 65.61 g, 12 h</p><p>Alexandria, Series 5D, ca. 219 – 205/204 BC</p><p>CPE B495; Svoronos 1125; SNG Copenhagen 199-200;</p><p>Obv.: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right with ram&#039;s horn and ornament in his hair and over the diadem.</p><p>Rev.: (ΠΤΟ)ΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia bound with royal diadem at left, ΔI between legs.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507426[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507427[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and a Ptolemy III AE Drachm</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, 246 222 BC</p><p>72.53 g</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 171; BMC 87; Noeske 117; Svoronos 964, Plate XXIX, 19;</p><p>Ob.: Horned head of Zeus Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion; dotted border</p><p>Rev.: <i>ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ </i>on l. <i>ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ </i>on r. Eagle with closed wings standing to l. on thunderbolt, monogram Chi-Ro between legs, cornucopia bound with royal diadem at left; dotted border</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507428[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507429[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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