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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 4571861, member: 104887&quot;]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several from the new Egyptian Hoards (EH) and one or two from the older Coin Hoards series. This is one of 9 I have from EH 96, The Iraq al-Amir Hoard, 1993 (CH 9.497, 10.268):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131975[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHOS (285-246 BCE)</b></p><p><b>CYPRUS: </b>UNCERTAIN MINT 09</p><p><b>before c 275 BCE</b></p><p><b>Ar </b>Stater (Tetradrachm)</p><p><b>Size:</b> 26x28 mm </p><p><b>Weight:</b> 14.02 g</p><p><br /></p><p><b>OBV:</b> Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Dotted border.</p><p><b>REV: </b>Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. In left field: ΠΑΤΡ monogram above ΠΤ-within-circle monogram. Legend to left: ΠΤΟΛ[ΕΜΑΙΟΥ]; to</p><p>right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Refs:</b> Lorber CPE-415a; Sv-764, pl xxv, 1 [14 listed]; Copenhagen-467 as Ptolemais.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>From EH 96. The Iraq al-Amir Hoard, 1993 (CH 9.497, 10.268), Baldwin&#039;s stock (pl 2.27):</b> same reverse die as #782; same obv die as #784: pl 44, #783A.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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