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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3652907, member: 85693&quot;]As lordmarcovan said, it is an Egyptian bronze coin from the Ptolemaic (Macedonian) period (one of Cleopatra&#039;s ancestors).&nbsp; And like Justin says, a weight (in grams) and diameter (in mm) is helpful - these tended to run in series with the same designs, the denomination determined by size.</p><p><br /></p><p>This website gives an overview of types, etc.&nbsp; To figure yours out, note yours has a single eagle on the reverse (tails) side with a filleted cornucopiae in the left field. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html" rel="nofollow">http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever the size, that is a nice one.&nbsp; My grandma gave me a silver dollar, which was nice, but I wish she&#039;d had a Ptolemaic bronze in that shoebox as well! </p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to CT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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