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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2674323, member: 57495&quot;]Nice!&nbsp; That one sure has plenty of eye-appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know a whole lot about these, but note with interest that the OP attribution has the denomination as a pentobol (5 obols), whereas Randy&#039;s has it as a triobol (3 obols).&nbsp; In my catalog notes, I have mine - 43.84g - listed as a tetrobol (4 obols). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]596187[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The spread can be a little wide, but the AE drachms (6 obols) attributed to Ptolemies II-IV for the most part seem to hover around 70g, which would agree with the opinion that these ~45g bronzes are tetrobols.&nbsp; Am I missing something?</p><p><br /></p><p>My drachm below is only 67.86g, so would certainly be squashed along with everyone else&#039;s by [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&#039;s monster octobol <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]596190[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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