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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4875369, member: 56859"]Here's mine, FWIW. It has a typical shallow strike. The pedigree is interesting though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've tried several times to get good (read: flattering) photos of this coin-- not happy with any of them. </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffit%252Fw_800%252Ch_400%252Cq_75%252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%26hash%3Ddc61989f12efa0d49d00c939d2b9e9be&hash=049236db9712d67aaffcdb1478d142bd" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus</b></p><p>285-246 BCE</p><p>AE48 mm, 91.8 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle's legs</p><p>Ref: Sear 7782, Svoronos 446</p><p><i>ex Professor James Eaton Collection (1834-1897)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is with my smallest Ptolemy bronze atop (AE chalkous; 14 mm, 1.7 gm):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyaebiggestandsmallest-jpg.611310/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And with my smallest coin atop (5 mm Macedonian monkey):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_600%2Ch_550%2Cq_75%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg&hash=dc60d143a8b716d3cf91cc581d51a686" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4875369, member: 56859"]Here's mine, FWIW. It has a typical shallow strike. The pedigree is interesting though :). I've tried several times to get good (read: flattering) photos of this coin-- not happy with any of them. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffit%252Fw_800%252Ch_400%252Cq_75%252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%26hash%3Ddc61989f12efa0d49d00c939d2b9e9be&hash=049236db9712d67aaffcdb1478d142bd[/IMG] [B]EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus[/B] 285-246 BCE AE48 mm, 91.8 gm Obv: laureate head of Zeus Ammon right Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle's legs Ref: Sear 7782, Svoronos 446 [I]ex Professor James Eaton Collection (1834-1897)[/I] Here it is with my smallest Ptolemy bronze atop (AE chalkous; 14 mm, 1.7 gm): [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyaebiggestandsmallest-jpg.611310/[/IMG] And with my smallest coin atop (5 mm Macedonian monkey): [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_600%2Ch_550%2Cq_75%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg&hash=dc60d143a8b716d3cf91cc581d51a686[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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