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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8407520, member: 87809"]Doing some research: the E monogram and variants of the E on coins are very plentiful, among the most common types of Ptolemaic bronzes. It was a new style of the monogram E apparently common to the later Egyptian money of Ptolemy III Euergetes (second coinage) and certainly of Ptolemy IV Philopator. It is characterized by the reverse eagle type looking back and holding a cornucopia on his left wing. A similar coinage, issued after this, shows the eagle looking forward with open wings. Can't tell from your picture which way the eagle is looking. If it is looking forward it could be a trihemiobol of this type:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8101676" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8101676" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8101676</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The classification of many Ptolemaic bronze issues has been highly debated among numismatists, often with researchers publishing divergent attributions. Coins are attributed either to Ptolemy III Euergetes or to Ptolemy IV Philopator. For example, this one is attributed to Ptolemy III but SNG Copenhagen attributes it to Ptolemy IV:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4231928" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4231928" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4231928</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8407520, member: 87809"]Doing some research: the E monogram and variants of the E on coins are very plentiful, among the most common types of Ptolemaic bronzes. It was a new style of the monogram E apparently common to the later Egyptian money of Ptolemy III Euergetes (second coinage) and certainly of Ptolemy IV Philopator. It is characterized by the reverse eagle type looking back and holding a cornucopia on his left wing. A similar coinage, issued after this, shows the eagle looking forward with open wings. Can't tell from your picture which way the eagle is looking. If it is looking forward it could be a trihemiobol of this type: [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8101676[/URL] The classification of many Ptolemaic bronze issues has been highly debated among numismatists, often with researchers publishing divergent attributions. Coins are attributed either to Ptolemy III Euergetes or to Ptolemy IV Philopator. For example, this one is attributed to Ptolemy III but SNG Copenhagen attributes it to Ptolemy IV: [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4231928[/URL][/QUOTE]
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