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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8406103, member: 87809"]sA while ago I attributed one of my coins as a Ptolemy IV Philopator, but I was wrong it is a Ptolemy III. Those Ptolemaic Kings actually look all very similar, don't they?</p><p> </p><p>So, obviously I "needed" a Ptolemy IV, but as you may have experienced, when you are looking for something, it just doesn't cross your path.</p><p><br /></p><p>Philopator means friend of his father, even though Ptolemy IV was accused of poisoning him<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>From wikipedia: 'he is said to have built a giant ship known as the tessarakonteres ("forty-rowed"), a huge galley and possibly the largest human-powered vessel ever built. This showpiece galley was described by Callixenus of Rhodes, writing in the 3rd century BC, and quoted by Athenaeus in the 2nd century AD. Plutarch also mentions that Ptolemy Philopator owned this immense vessel in his "Life of Demetrios". According to these sources, the ship was 128 m long and required 4,000 oarsmen. It is generally agreed that the tessarakonteres served as a pleasure boat, not a military vessel.'</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess there is no coin with a tessarakonteres; that must be really something</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, back to the topic, this Ptolemy made my day. Surely, the reverse is quite worn, but readable,</p><p><br /></p><p> and I just like the Zeus-Ammon head on the obverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Drachm, Alexandria, Series 5D, ca. 219 – 205/204 BC</p><p>42 mm, 65.61 g, 12 h</p><p>CPE B495; Svoronos 1125; SNG Copenhagen 199-200</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right with ram's horn and ornament in his hair and over the diadem.</p><p>Rev.: (ΠΤΟ)ΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia at left, ΔI between legs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your Ptolemy IV or anything related <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1491231[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1491232[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8406103, member: 87809"]sA while ago I attributed one of my coins as a Ptolemy IV Philopator, but I was wrong it is a Ptolemy III. Those Ptolemaic Kings actually look all very similar, don't they? So, obviously I "needed" a Ptolemy IV, but as you may have experienced, when you are looking for something, it just doesn't cross your path. Philopator means friend of his father, even though Ptolemy IV was accused of poisoning him:jawdrop: From wikipedia: 'he is said to have built a giant ship known as the tessarakonteres ("forty-rowed"), a huge galley and possibly the largest human-powered vessel ever built. This showpiece galley was described by Callixenus of Rhodes, writing in the 3rd century BC, and quoted by Athenaeus in the 2nd century AD. Plutarch also mentions that Ptolemy Philopator owned this immense vessel in his "Life of Demetrios". According to these sources, the ship was 128 m long and required 4,000 oarsmen. It is generally agreed that the tessarakonteres served as a pleasure boat, not a military vessel.' Guess there is no coin with a tessarakonteres; that must be really something Well, back to the topic, this Ptolemy made my day. Surely, the reverse is quite worn, but readable, and I just like the Zeus-Ammon head on the obverse: Æ Drachm, Alexandria, Series 5D, ca. 219 – 205/204 BC 42 mm, 65.61 g, 12 h CPE B495; Svoronos 1125; SNG Copenhagen 199-200 Ob.: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right with ram's horn and ornament in his hair and over the diadem. Rev.: (ΠΤΟ)ΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia at left, ΔI between legs. Please share your Ptolemy IV or anything related :) [ATTACH=full]1491231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1491232[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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