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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jb_depew, post: 3940577, member: 88227&quot;]Many thanks to my Secret Saturn for this awesome tetradrachm of Ptolemy X Alexander! It&#039;s a sharp coin of excellent style. I especially like the eagle on the reverse. The coin has some &quot;heft&quot; and feels really good in hand. I appreciate your generosity, whoever you are!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/p3Nx3Yv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/MXdoUgJ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ptolemy X Alexander I AR Tetradrachm</b></p><p>RY 14 = 101/100 BCE</p><p>Minted at Alexandria</p><p>Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck</p><p>Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LIΔ (date) to left, ΠA to right</p><p>References: Svoronos 1674; SNG Copenhagen 363; DCA 68.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy X Alexander was quite a guy. He had his mother killed, was exiled by his own people, and melted down the solid gold casket of Alexander the Great to pay a mercenary army and return to power. He was again driven out of Alexandria, and was killed shortly thereafter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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