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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stam1, post: 3622650, member: 104604&quot;]Hi,</p><p>I recently won this beautiful Ptolemy bronze on eBay:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]971312[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It was listed as AE27 Ptolemy V Epiphanes, year 3 (SNG 533).&nbsp; After doing some further research I found few examples on acsearch.info:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3321124" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3321124" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3321124</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1575846" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1575846" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1575846</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Both have the K behind the head left ΩΣ, to right LΓ.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one is attributed to Kleopatra III &amp; Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros).</p><p>The second one is attributed to Ptolemy V Epiphanes (as in SNG 533).</p><p><br /></p><p>More recent opinion tend to attribute this one to Ptolemy IX.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is your opinion?</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, what do you think about the authenticity of this one based on these photos?</p><p>[ATTACH]971313[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]971314[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]971315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]971316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]971317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]971318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]971319[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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