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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2367285, member: 42634&quot;]hey, i have one of these as well.&nbsp; very rough.</p><p><br /></p><p>ken, that one is stellar for the type!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_2427_zpslbwgeopg.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_2427_zpslbwgeopg.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_2427_zpslbwgeopg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"> Tetrarchy of Chalkis, Coele Syria, Ptolemaios, 85 - 40 B.C. </font></p><p>O: Zeus with countermark. R: Dioscuri. 19 mm, 6.2 g </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this ptolemaios guy is the dad of my coin guy...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/100_7604_zpszwmpqb54.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/100_7604_zpszwmpqb54.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/100_7604_zpszwmpqb54.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"> Tetrarchy of Chalkis, Coele Syria, Lysanias, 40 - 36 B.C. </font></p><p>O; female bust, R: double cornucopia, flanked by ligatures, 22 x 24 mm, 5.4 g </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>i guess this guy is the end of the tetrachy (which is a client king in this usage of the term).&nbsp; here is the write up of the coin in the forum listing (see link to forum above)...</p><p><br /></p><p>Lysanias is called Tetrarch of Abila by Josephus. Lysanias&#039; father Ptolemaios was married to Alexandra, Mattathias Antigonus&#039; sister. Lysanias offered the Parthian satrap Barzapharnes a thousand talents and 500 women to depose Hyrcanus and put his uncle (or step-uncle) Antigonus on the throne of Judaea (Josephus B.J. 1.248). When Lysanias continued to support Antigonus against the Roman nominee Herod the Great, Mark Antony had him executed, and gave his territory to Cleopatra VII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any other Chalkis coins here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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