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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2732583, member: 56859&quot;]Killer new coin, VK!&nbsp; (Literally, if you threw it hard at someone&#039;s head <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you make out the monogram between the eagle&#039;s legs?&nbsp; I think it is <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" rel="nofollow">ΛI, so Svoronos 1126</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a composite of my Ptolemy bronzes, from Ptolemy II to Cleopatra VII; 48 mm to 14 mm:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]621856[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of these days I&#039;ll get some bronzes of Ptolemy I.&nbsp; I have some silver of his though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As satrap:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyisatrapelephantheaddress-rted-jpg.525509/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard)</p><p>Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra (headband) of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead</p><p>Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7</p><p><br /></p><p>An earlier satrapal issue:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4adf935c9599465485b0945853680d0d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>satrap of Tyre, dated RY 32 of king Azemilkos (318/7 BC).</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 16.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ||–= ЧO (date [year 32]) to left</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Price 3283; Newell, Dated 35; DCA 737</p><p><br /></p><p>As king/pharoah:</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_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3Def8d85a1a9fb2e50d0ca0333dc1a3a23&amp;hash=47f0050cf2614793127b087a13630c3d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>Struck c. 300-285 BCE, Alexandreia mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 28 mm, 13.92 gm</p><p>Obv: diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69; Noeske 40[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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