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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3981602, member: 87404&quot;]I didn&#039;t buy any coins in December, so I&#039;ll have to go back to Nov to see what i got...&nbsp; I got my first Ptolemaic Tetradrachm...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/collagemaker_20191202_224048609.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Egypt, Ptolemaic Kings</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ptolemy X Alexander I, 107-88 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Struck Year 15 (of Cleopatra III’s reign), 101/100 BC,</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AR Tetradrachm, Paphos mint (Cyprus)</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle left on thunderbolt, wings closed, L IE (date, RY 15) to left, ΠA to right.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: Svoronos 1675, SNG Copenhagen 364</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 25mm, 13.36g</font></p><p><font size="3">cf: CNG Auction XXII (9/2/1992), lot #202;</font></p><p><font size="3">Harlan J. Berk 129th Buy or Bid Sale &amp; Auction (10/16/2002), lot #131</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Note: Ptolemy X Alexander I (140 – 88 BCE) was the younger brother of Ptolemy IX and had served as governor of Cyprus until his mother brought him to Egypt in 107 BCE, replacing his brother. In 101 BCE he supposedly murdered his mother Cleopatra IV. He then married the daughter of Cleopatra V Serene (his niece), Berenice III. He left Egypt after being expelled in 88 BCE only to be lost at sea. He was succeeded briefly by his youngest son Ptolemy XI Alexander II (100 – 80 BCE). After awarding Egypt and Cyprus to Rome, Ptolemy XI was placed on the throne by the Roman general Cornelius Sulla and ruled jointly with his step-mother Cleopatra Berenice until he murdered her. Unfortunately, he was then himself murdered by the Alexandrians.</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>I got this pretty Euboia drachm...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/collagemaker_20191204_211353213.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Euboia, Chalkis</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Circa 290-273/1 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AR Drachm</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: Head of the nymph Chalkis right, wearing earring and necklace.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: Eagle flying right grappling with serpent in talons, caduceus below; XAΛ before.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: Picard Em. 30; BCD Euboia 178-80; SNG Copenhagen 438</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 17mm, 3.46g</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And I might have shared this already on here, but I picked up this Seleukid drachm to pass along to a member of the local coin club to go with his recently acquired Balas tet...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/collagemaker_20191120_184033171.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Seleukid Kings of Syria</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AR Drachm, Struck 151-149 BC, Antioch</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: Diademed head right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞANΔPOY / ΘEOΠATOPOΣ / EYEPΓETOY to right and left, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow set on ground, Ѳ below.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: SNG Spaer -; Newell, <i>SMA</i> 186</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 19mm, 3.88g</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex: Pegasi Numismatics, purchased early 2000’s at NYINC</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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