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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2674490, member: 32619&quot;]These big Ptolemy bronzes were one of the first ancient coins to get my interest before I actually started collecting ancients. This one is my largest and heaviest:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-65-ptolemy-ii-sv-463.3820/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy II, BC 285-246</p><p>AE42, 63.51g, 12h</p><p>Obv.: head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ; two eagles standign left on thunderbolt, Θ between legs of left eagle</p><p><br /></p><p>Going big in Ptolemies is easy but getting the biggest, in my experience, is a challenge. I&#039;ve also noticed it&#039;s challenging to get small, the smaller, the harder to find. Experiences may vary, I&#039;ve never been to a coin show and my network of sellers is pretty small. Here&#039;s my latest Ptolemy and it&#039;s my smallest that features Zeus-Ammon obverse with eagle reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-164-ptolemy-iii-eagle.5438/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy III, 246-222 BC </p><p>Æ, 16mm, 4.8g, 12h; Alexandria series 5, mid to late reign.</p><p>Obv.: Head of Zeus Ammon right.</p><p>Rev.: Eagle standing left, wings closed; cornucopia on left shoulder.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not comfortable assigning denominations because I don&#039;t understand what they mean and I haven&#039;t yet seen anything that clearly explained the differences. Looking at ptolemybronze.com some issues from some mints are given denominations but then the next mint for the same ruler does not. I&#039;m uncomfortable with the inconsistency because I just don&#039;t understand it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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