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<p>[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 7857063, member: 104887"]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ptolemaic AR <span style="color: #404040"><i>drachma</i></span> of Ptolemy V</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353875[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Size:</b> 16x18 mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 3.09 g</p><p><b>Axis: </b>0</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Ptolemy IV (as Dionysus) head facing right, ivy leaves in hair, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. In left legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; in right legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Svoronos 1786, pl xli, 13 [2 listed]; SNG Copenhagen Suppl 1321-1322.</p><p><b>Appearance:</b> Obv holed at 5:00 position.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes: </b>In the second century BCE small silver denominations were introduced as a regular part of the Cypriote currency system. This was a notable innovation: the Ptolemies had rarely struck silver fractions before, and in Egypt bronze coins continued to serve as the only form of small change. The inauguration of the Cypriote silver minors is dated by Lorber* to the reign of Ptolemy V and almost certainly to the late 190s when production of dated tetradrachms resumed at Salamis and Citium.</p><p><br /></p><p>Svoronos recognized the features of Ptolemy V in this series. Others, including RS Poole (1883, p l) and RA Hazzard (1998, pp 29-30), have seen a cryptic portrait of Ptolemy IV as Dionysus and have observed that the types may reflect Philopator's well-documented identification with that god. A portrait of Ptolemy Philopator is not inconsistent with an attribution to Ptolemy V, who struck commemorative portrait coins honoring both of his parents.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">* <i>private communication</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 7857063, member: 104887"]Hi All, [B]Ptolemaic AR [COLOR=#404040][I]drachma[/I][/COLOR] of Ptolemy V[/B] [ATTACH=full]1353875[/ATTACH] [B]Size:[/B] 16x18 mm [B]Weight:[/B] 3.09 g [B]Axis: [/B]0 [B]Obv:[/B] Ptolemy IV (as Dionysus) head facing right, ivy leaves in hair, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Dotted border. [B]Rev:[/B] Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. In left legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; in right legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Dotted border. [B]Reference:[/B] Svoronos 1786, pl xli, 13 [2 listed]; SNG Copenhagen Suppl 1321-1322. [B]Appearance:[/B] Obv holed at 5:00 position. [B]Notes: [/B]In the second century BCE small silver denominations were introduced as a regular part of the Cypriote currency system. This was a notable innovation: the Ptolemies had rarely struck silver fractions before, and in Egypt bronze coins continued to serve as the only form of small change. The inauguration of the Cypriote silver minors is dated by Lorber* to the reign of Ptolemy V and almost certainly to the late 190s when production of dated tetradrachms resumed at Salamis and Citium. Svoronos recognized the features of Ptolemy V in this series. Others, including RS Poole (1883, p l) and RA Hazzard (1998, pp 29-30), have seen a cryptic portrait of Ptolemy IV as Dionysus and have observed that the types may reflect Philopator's well-documented identification with that god. A portrait of Ptolemy Philopator is not inconsistent with an attribution to Ptolemy V, who struck commemorative portrait coins honoring both of his parents. [SIZE=3]* [I]private communication[/I][/SIZE] [I][/I] - Broucheion[/QUOTE]
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