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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3526430, member: 82549"]AArgH! I uploaded the wrong photo. Here's the information about the OP coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"This coin was bought 40 years ago or so; no records. I had attributed it to Ptolemy XII because of the information of Wildwinds where they cited Svoronos 1865. Then when I used my new scale on it, the specific gravity indicated that the silver content was .200. So I looked at Svoronos himself at #1865 and he says that his coin #1865 was issued by Cleopatra VII with Ptolemy I on the obverse, and Cleopatra's regnal year IH = year 18 = 34BC.</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i><b>OBV</b>. Diademed head of Ptolemy I, right, dotted border</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i><b>REV</b>. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed, ΙΙΗ to the left indicating the date (the first I is raised quite a bit and seems not to be part of the date mark; the raised I appears on other coins; Svoronos #1865 records this first raised I in his description of #1865); ΠΑ in right field.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i>My coin is 24 mm, 13.69g dry weight, suspended weight is 1.48 +/- = 9.25 sg = .200 fine. Perhaps.</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i>Matthew Kreuzer, The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII ..., self-published 2004, but cited by many people, says the coins of Cleopatra dating to 34 BC show nice silver color, the net silver content is low and equal to a Roman Republic denarius = 3.70 g or so.</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i>If my suspended weight is off just a bit and it is not 1.48 but 1.46 = 9.37 sg = .300 fine silver, then my coin 13.69 x .300 = 4.10 g silver, which is quite high for a denarius.</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i>The coins of Cleopatra of 34 BC range from 11.77 g to 13.92. My coin falls in that range."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I've to started a new thread with the photo of the Perseus coin<i>:</i></p><p><i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/underweight-perseus-correct-photo.339123/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/underweight-perseus-correct-photo.339123/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/underweight-perseus-correct-photo.339123/</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3526430, member: 82549"]AArgH! I uploaded the wrong photo. Here's the information about the OP coin: [I]"This coin was bought 40 years ago or so; no records. I had attributed it to Ptolemy XII because of the information of Wildwinds where they cited Svoronos 1865. Then when I used my new scale on it, the specific gravity indicated that the silver content was .200. So I looked at Svoronos himself at #1865 and he says that his coin #1865 was issued by Cleopatra VII with Ptolemy I on the obverse, and Cleopatra's regnal year IH = year 18 = 34BC. [B]OBV[/B]. Diademed head of Ptolemy I, right, dotted border [B]REV[/B]. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed, ΙΙΗ to the left indicating the date (the first I is raised quite a bit and seems not to be part of the date mark; the raised I appears on other coins; Svoronos #1865 records this first raised I in his description of #1865); ΠΑ in right field. My coin is 24 mm, 13.69g dry weight, suspended weight is 1.48 +/- = 9.25 sg = .200 fine. Perhaps. Matthew Kreuzer, The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII ..., self-published 2004, but cited by many people, says the coins of Cleopatra dating to 34 BC show nice silver color, the net silver content is low and equal to a Roman Republic denarius = 3.70 g or so. If my suspended weight is off just a bit and it is not 1.48 but 1.46 = 9.37 sg = .300 fine silver, then my coin 13.69 x .300 = 4.10 g silver, which is quite high for a denarius. The coins of Cleopatra of 34 BC range from 11.77 g to 13.92. My coin falls in that range." [/I] I've to started a new thread with the photo of the Perseus coin[I]: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/underweight-perseus-correct-photo.339123/[/url][/I][/QUOTE]
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