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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 4871748, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my largest Ptolemy IV. [My largest Ptolemaic is a Ptolemy III, Ex-Frank Robinson (CPE-B0365; Sv-0446). That one weighs in at 91.17 grams.]</p><p><br /></p><p>BRONZE COINAGE WITH CLUB MINTMARK AND ALEXANDRIA CONTROLS SERIES 5, BRONZE WEIGHT STANDARD 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Series with CLUB and ΔΙ, after the battle of Raphia</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176460[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Æ DRACHM</b></p><p><b>Size:</b> 42mm </p><p><b>Weight:</b> 67.88 g</p><p><b>Axis:</b> 11:00</p><p><b>OBV:</b> Zeus-Ammon head, facing right and wearing diadem with floral ornament in front. Centration depression. Dotted border not visible.</p><p><b>REV:</b> Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ on left, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right. In left field: club of Melquart/Herakles, mint symbol of</p><p>Tyre. Countermark (ivy leaf in circular punch) in left field on base of club. letters ΔΙ between the Εagle&#039;s legs. centration depresion. Dotted border.</p><p><b>NOTE:</b> <i>The Egyptian issue began in 219 BCE, at the time of the betrayal of Syria and Phoenicia to Antiochus III, and continued until after the battle of Raphia. The Tyrian bronzes marked ΔΙ can thus be dated after the recovery of Syria and Phoenicia by Ptolemy IV.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> <i>Ex- Frank Kovacs Collection #R2916FKC110</i></p><p><br /></p><p>∎ <b>Mean weight of series:</b> 68.36g, based on 33 specimens; see Wolf (2013).</p><p>∎ <b>Known reverse countermarks:</b> IVY LEAF in round punch (left field), FACING EAGLE WITH SPREAD WINGS in square punch (right field), TRIPOD (right field).</p><p>∎ <b>Refs:</b> Svoronos 1129 [20 listed]; Köln 48 (Ptolemy II); formerly P De Vicci coll (with ivy leaf countermark); formerly D Doswell coll, Decatur, Illinois (with eagle countermark); D Wolf coll, GAE 584 (with tripod countermark). For control-linked bronzes of Alexandria, see CPE B495-B496.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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