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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2270644, member: 56859&quot;]Ptolemaic bronzes are fun to collect.&nbsp; I purchased several from various fixed price dealers and the numbers tripled when I bought a mixed lot (mostly for the 48 mm Ptolemy, although there were several other good coins and the pedigree was appealing).</p><p><br /></p><p>The 48 mm needs a reshoot-- it looks much better in real life, although like many such large coins it is not deeply struck.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_400,q_75/ae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy II Philadelphus</b></p><p>285-246 BCE</p><p>AE48 mm, 91.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Sear 7782, Svoronos 446</p><p><i><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyii-ae48/cth8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyii-ae48/cth8" rel="nofollow">ex Professor James Eaton Collection</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the 48 mm coin with a 5 mm Macedon Monkey coin on top.&nbsp; With regard to coin details, I like the overall look of this obliquely lit image.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_550,q_75/ae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-pound-of-ptolemies.258255/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-pound-of-ptolemies.258255/">Most of my Ptolemy bronzes</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/poundofptolemies-edited-jpg.380929/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve added more since this composite image.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although I&#039;m not much of a completionist, I probably will shoot for a &quot;one of each&quot; set, at least with regards to the Ptolemaic men.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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