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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2128975, member: 74282&quot;]I won these in the most recent CNG auction and they arrived today. All are of the Trident series that is now attributed to Ptolemy III. The first and last are Svoronos 840 and the middle one is a Svoronos 839, the larger of the two varieties, though still smaller than a US dime.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recent research by Catharine Lorber suggests that Svoronos categorized this series incorrectly. Svoronos attributes these to an issue of Ptolemy II from a mint near modern-day Beirut(Berytos), Lebanon, though based on archaeological evidence, Lorber attributes these to an issue under Ptolemy III from a mint near modern-day Bodrum, Turkey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly the final one is the heaviest of the group and is right in the middle as far as diameter. I am still researching the ranges these fall into to determine if I&#039;ve possibly cataloged it incorrectly as it may be an 839 as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/P9AECzq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Chalkous(12.3mm, 2.027g). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #43. Svoronos 840</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Dar5bIg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Trichalkon(14.3mm, 2.794g). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #42. Svoronos 839</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/lYg4aAN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Chalkous(13.5mm, 3.423g). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #24. Svoronos 840</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks PtolemAE project for all the information about these. It was very helpful since CNG&#039;s info was pretty limited for this lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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