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<p>[QUOTE="Col Davidson, post: 4900610, member: 73908"]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p> I have in my collection a Cypriot mint Ptolemaic bronze coin which has a diameter of between 16.31 and 17.13 mm and a weight of 2.80 grams. It appears to show not the god Zeus but a Ptolemaic king. Until now no Cypriot Ptolemaic bronze coin, with the portrait of a king on the obverse, has been reported.</p><p><br /></p><p>After a fairly intensive search I was able to find a second coin, apparently minted from the same dies as mine. That coin is 19.0 mm in diameter with a weight of 4.34 grams and is in the collection of the American Numismatic Society.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr Catherine Lorber, an acknowledged expert of the series, is of the opinion that the obverse shows a Ptolemaic king in the guise of Zeus-Ammon (the ram's horn on the king’s head representing an assimilation of Zeus-Ammon to a Ptolemaic king). She also pointed out his unusual behind-the-chin style beard, which is not normal for Zeus but appears on portraits of late Ptolemaic kings, and mentions that it is unexpected to find this kind of cryptic portrait on a bronze coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, at the present time (unless we can find others) is one of only two known.</p><p><br /></p><p>Col Davidson[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Col Davidson, post: 4900610, member: 73908"]Hi All, I have in my collection a Cypriot mint Ptolemaic bronze coin which has a diameter of between 16.31 and 17.13 mm and a weight of 2.80 grams. It appears to show not the god Zeus but a Ptolemaic king. Until now no Cypriot Ptolemaic bronze coin, with the portrait of a king on the obverse, has been reported. After a fairly intensive search I was able to find a second coin, apparently minted from the same dies as mine. That coin is 19.0 mm in diameter with a weight of 4.34 grams and is in the collection of the American Numismatic Society. Dr Catherine Lorber, an acknowledged expert of the series, is of the opinion that the obverse shows a Ptolemaic king in the guise of Zeus-Ammon (the ram's horn on the king’s head representing an assimilation of Zeus-Ammon to a Ptolemaic king). She also pointed out his unusual behind-the-chin style beard, which is not normal for Zeus but appears on portraits of late Ptolemaic kings, and mentions that it is unexpected to find this kind of cryptic portrait on a bronze coin. So, at the present time (unless we can find others) is one of only two known. Col Davidson[/QUOTE]
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