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<p>[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3053758, member: 82194"]<font face="Times New Roman">I ran across this coin today and immediately thought of this thread. Clear signs of the flan being lathed:</font></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/151/G/6/GAr2y5jNBL3gqiP86i7BSTe4m7HgKw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="2">PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. AE Tetrobol (25 mm, 15.79 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Cleopatra I Thea as regent, 180-176 BC. Wreathed head of Isis right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed; monogram to left. Svoronos 1384; Weiser 147; SNG Copenhagen 279-6. VF, brown patina. -- <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sphinx_numismatics/151/product/234hl2_ptolemaic_kings_of_egypt_ptolemy_vi_philometor_first_reign_180164_bc_ae_tetrobol_25_mm_1579_g_11h_alexandreia_mint_struck_under_cleopatra_i_thea_as_regent_vf/557627/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sphinx_numismatics/151/product/234hl2_ptolemaic_kings_of_egypt_ptolemy_vi_philometor_first_reign_180164_bc_ae_tetrobol_25_mm_1579_g_11h_alexandreia_mint_struck_under_cleopatra_i_thea_as_regent_vf/557627/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Sphinx Numismatics</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3053758, member: 82194"][FONT=Times New Roman]I ran across this coin today and immediately thought of this thread. Clear signs of the flan being lathed:[/FONT] [IMG]https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/151/G/6/GAr2y5jNBL3gqiP86i7BSTe4m7HgKw.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=2]PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. AE Tetrobol (25 mm, 15.79 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Cleopatra I Thea as regent, 180-176 BC. Wreathed head of Isis right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed; monogram to left. Svoronos 1384; Weiser 147; SNG Copenhagen 279-6. VF, brown patina. -- [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sphinx_numismatics/151/product/234hl2_ptolemaic_kings_of_egypt_ptolemy_vi_philometor_first_reign_180164_bc_ae_tetrobol_25_mm_1579_g_11h_alexandreia_mint_struck_under_cleopatra_i_thea_as_regent_vf/557627/Default.aspx']Sphinx Numismatics[/URL][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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