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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3195072, member: 56859&quot;]Gorgeous coin and great writeup, VK!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of bronzes of Ptolemy II:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]825605[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ptolemy II, AE 22, Svoronos 974</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]825606[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ptolemy II, AE 32, Svoronos 760.&nbsp; <i>Ex Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897)</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of his dad are below.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Egypt but before declaring himself king:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyisatrapelephantheaddress-rted-jpg.525509/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard)</p><p>Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra (headband) of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead</p><p>Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7</p><p><br /></p><p>As king:</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&amp;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[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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