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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3776255, member: 56859"]Attribution of the vast numbers of similar-looking Ptolemaic coins has gone through changes over the years. Recently a <a href="http://numismatics.org/store/lorber/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/store/lorber/" rel="nofollow">new body of work was released</a> which rearranged things yet again. I still haven't ordered the books-- maybe I'll buy it for myself for Christmas. </p><p><br /></p><p>Determination of which Ptolemy issued which coins is complicated and does rely on those minor symbols and other information.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now I depend on the <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" rel="nofollow">PtolemyBronze website</a> for the bronze coins, which has been updated to reflect the Lorber work. For silver coins (I have no gold), I depend mostly on recent sales of similar coins in CNG's archives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice acquisition, Bing! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's Ptolemy Soter portrait tet picked up at a coin show several years ago, or at least I hope it's still thought to be from Soter...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3Def8d85a1a9fb2e50d0ca0333dc1a3a23&hash=47f0050cf2614793127b087a13630c3d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PTOLEMIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>Struck c. 300-285 BCE, Alexandreia mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 28 mm, 13.92 gm</p><p>Obv: diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69; Noeske 40</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A Ptolemy II bronze:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyii-ae32-22p5gm-sv760-tif-jpg.825606/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ptolemy II, AE 32, Svoronos 760. <i>Ex Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897)</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the bronzes I've posted to CT and on my website are now incorrectly attributed. One of these <strike>days</strike> <strike>months</strike> years I'll update my website <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Hopefully I'll have time starting in January.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3776255, member: 56859"]Attribution of the vast numbers of similar-looking Ptolemaic coins has gone through changes over the years. Recently a [URL='http://numismatics.org/store/lorber/']new body of work was released[/URL] which rearranged things yet again. I still haven't ordered the books-- maybe I'll buy it for myself for Christmas. Determination of which Ptolemy issued which coins is complicated and does rely on those minor symbols and other information. For now I depend on the [URL='http://ptolemybronze.com/']PtolemyBronze website[/URL] for the bronze coins, which has been updated to reflect the Lorber work. For silver coins (I have no gold), I depend mostly on recent sales of similar coins in CNG's archives. Nice acquisition, Bing! :) Here's Ptolemy Soter portrait tet picked up at a coin show several years ago, or at least I hope it's still thought to be from Soter... [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3Def8d85a1a9fb2e50d0ca0333dc1a3a23&hash=47f0050cf2614793127b087a13630c3d[/IMG] [B]PTOLEMIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter[/B] Struck c. 300-285 BCE, Alexandreia mint AR tetradrachm, 28 mm, 13.92 gm Obv: diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram Ref: Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69; Noeske 40 A Ptolemy II bronze: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyii-ae32-22p5gm-sv760-tif-jpg.825606/[/IMG] Ptolemy II, AE 32, Svoronos 760. [I]Ex Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897)[/I]. Many of the bronzes I've posted to CT and on my website are now incorrectly attributed. One of these [S]days[/S] [S]months[/S] years I'll update my website :oops:. Hopefully I'll have time starting in January.[/QUOTE]
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