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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 4671544, member: 73473&quot;]Nice coins everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is some debate about who the man on the tetradrachm really is. The most common theory is that it is an idealized portrait of Ptolemy I Soter, with minor tweaks for each successive King.</p><p>Still, that doesn’t explain how the heck this occurred:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151417[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ptolemy X - Paphos Mint</p><p>Size: 26mm</p><p>Weight: 13.19 grams</p><p>Obverse: Diademed head right, wearing aegis</p><p>Reverse: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L K (date) before; PA behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that this coin was struck in 97 BCE at the same mint that the OP coin was. Amazing what 25 years can do! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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