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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7265744, member: 86498"]Warmer weather is coming to even this part of the Great White North and it is about 3 degrees C or about 33 degrees F so for us it is a really nice day. In fact it sort of hard to stay indoors and deal with coins. So today as a result of some other projects I had to look at my Ptolemaic. Lately it appears that even these late Ptolemaic tetradrachms are getting to be of some value. Who would of thunk it. Ptolemy XII Ar Tetradrachm Alexandria Year 2 Struck in the name and types of Ptolemy I Obv bust of Ptolemy I diademed with aegis tied around neck. Rv Eagle standing left wings folded. Svoronos 1848 14.42 grms 23 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1275179[/ATTACH]Despite being all but a caricature of the image of Ptolemy I you can still see traces of the original image You can still see evidence of the massive orbital ridge over the eye and the massive jaw. The weight of these coins do not appear to have dropped that much however I suspect that the purity of the silver coinage is not as good as it was under Soter. This is a coin of the father of the most famous Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra VII.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7265744, member: 86498"]Warmer weather is coming to even this part of the Great White North and it is about 3 degrees C or about 33 degrees F so for us it is a really nice day. In fact it sort of hard to stay indoors and deal with coins. So today as a result of some other projects I had to look at my Ptolemaic. Lately it appears that even these late Ptolemaic tetradrachms are getting to be of some value. Who would of thunk it. Ptolemy XII Ar Tetradrachm Alexandria Year 2 Struck in the name and types of Ptolemy I Obv bust of Ptolemy I diademed with aegis tied around neck. Rv Eagle standing left wings folded. Svoronos 1848 14.42 grms 23 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1275179[/ATTACH]Despite being all but a caricature of the image of Ptolemy I you can still see traces of the original image You can still see evidence of the massive orbital ridge over the eye and the massive jaw. The weight of these coins do not appear to have dropped that much however I suspect that the purity of the silver coinage is not as good as it was under Soter. This is a coin of the father of the most famous Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra VII.[/QUOTE]
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