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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 7872349, member: 44210&quot;]I’ve managed to obtain 4 larger bronzes (over 40 grams each), and several smaller ones, including a few scarce types.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Ptolemy IV Philopator</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE drachm (Series 5)</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΔI between legs</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Alexandria</p><p><b>Date</b>: 222-204 BC</p><p><b>Ref</b>: CPE B495, Svoronos 1125, SNG Cop 199</p><p><b>Size</b>: 65.94g, 42mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemy-jpg.1350206/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(this group shot is only my drachms; my tetrobol isn’t included)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vkdrachms-jpg.1350606/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I won a couple of small, nice bronzes so far this year (no photos yet though, and one of them is 3rd century BC).</p><p><br /></p><p>Wish I could say there was progress here. My budget has mostly been going towards Ptolemaics. Like Ptolemaics, post-Roman Germanic can get pricey as well. I did, however, acquire two large Justinian folles, which come from that same time period (only have photos of one of them right now).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Justinian I</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AE follis</p><p><b>Obv</b>: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield, cross to right</p><p><b>Rev</b>. Large M, cross above, officina letter B below, ANNO to left, XЧ to right, CON in ex.</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Constantinople</p><p><b>Date</b>: 541/2 (year 15)</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 163.</p><p><b>Size</b>: 23.30g, 39mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/justinian-jpg.1350216/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Eight through Biddr so far (latest one was yesterday), and two or three elsewhere online.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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