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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3462241, member: 74834&quot;]YES Chris, you&#039;re the best, 93.90 gr is the heaviest, I think you are the CoinTalk champ. Mine is only a scant 92.26 gr. </p><p>It&#039;s a great type! One of the heaviest coins ever that was really used. As classical as a George III 1797 cartwheel two pence. </p><p>I used to cherish one coin, before I was collecting coins at all, in the 1980s and 1990s. I kept it as an old Egyptian museum piece to adorn my dinner table between meals, a bronze drachm of Ptolemy IV. And still love it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]920783[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, AE drachm Ptolemy IV (221-205), Alexandria. Obv. Zeus&nbsp; t.r. Rev. eagle looking t.l. Labda Iota between legs. 40 mm, 67.12 gr. Svoronos1125.</p><p><br /></p><p>The octobol measures 46 mm and it is harder to make a clear coin of it. Think of the force that was needed to mint a piece that large! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]920788[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I made this pic on a warm summer day outside in the sun. </p><p>Egypt, AE octobol Ptolemy III (246-221). Obv. Head of Zeus r. Rev. Eagle looking over its shoulder with head t.r., monogram E (?) between legs. Series 4. Svoronos 446. 46 mm, 92.26 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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