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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4677957, member: 87404&quot;]As [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] mentioned, on the home page they linked to an offprint article (<a href="http://royalnumismaticsociety.org/NC_Offprints/NC171/NC171_Offprint_102010_Lorber_Article.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://royalnumismaticsociety.org/NC_Offprints/NC171/NC171_Offprint_102010_Lorber_Article.pdf" rel="nofollow">The ‘Galatian Shield without &quot;Σ&quot; Series of Ptolemaic Bronze Coins</a>) studying and presenting some very convincing evidence towards it being stuck by Hieron II. I&#039;d recommend downloading the PDF and flipping through it. (Hieron&#039;s coin even has Ptolemy&#039;s name on it!) </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my 2 Hieron II issues of the type (one with better obverse, one with better reverse... C&#039;est la vie, right?):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/collagemaker_20190320_195516773-jpg.909241/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190415_192100679.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Syracuse, Sicily imitating Ptolemaic Issues of Ptolemy II Philadelphos in Alexandria, Minted under Hieron II, Ruled 270-215 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Litra (Sicilian value), Uncertain mint in Sicily, Struck post-reform circa 264-263 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: Laureate head of Zeus right (Sicilian Portrait Style B).</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reverse</b>: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left, control mark A to lower right near eagle tail; all within solid circle border.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: Svoronos 615, Wolf &amp; Lorber, ‘Western Greek’ Style, Subgroup 3 (first issue), H69 (A42/P56)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And the related Ptolemaic type:</p><p><a href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181635795.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181635795.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181635795.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Diobol, Alexandria mint, Series 2</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Struck circa 285-261/0 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reverse</b>: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; Σ above Galatian shield to left, A between legs.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: Svoronos 560</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Size</b>: 29mm, 14.37g</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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