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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;limmle, post: 8177907, member: 113081&quot;]I&#039;m interested in&nbsp; thoughts on the attribution of the tiny bronze with the (assumed) head of Ptolemaic Queen Arsinoe II.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wildwinds has this one attributed to Ptolemy Keraunos whose amazing story has been told in several recent threads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Others have this coin&#039;s authority attributed to his half-brother Ptolemy II Philadelphus. It is listed in Svoronos as a Ptolemaic coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Both Ptolemies were married to Arsinoe II (who was sister to both). Arsinoe was previously married to Lysamachus, King of Thrace, but the legend is clearly King Ptolemy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is attributed to a Northern mint, probably Byzantium. Ptolemy Keraunos was King of Macedon for a very short time and a few Macedonian bronzes are attributable to him.&nbsp; Keraunos&#039;s relationship with Arsinoe was also extremely volatile and , though he claimed kingship of Thrace, it was never demonstrated in real terms (though Arsinoe also apparently laid a personal claim to the monarchy of Thrace owing to her marriage to Lysamachus) so I cant understand why a Keraunos coin, showing Arsinoe would be minted in Byzantium. On the other hand so I don&#039;t see why it would be attributed to a King of Egypt like Philadelphus, who had no authority north of Syria, (though I note that a Thracian coin (Svoronos 929) is attributed to&nbsp; Ptolemy&nbsp; III. <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> identifies )</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is-&nbsp; which Ptolemy is the coin referring to, Keraunos or Philadelphus?</p><p><br /></p><p>Im not sure why a Byzantium coin would be minted in the name of either of the Ptolemy brothers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/ptolemy_keraunos/toppic.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ptolemy Keraunos, King of Macedonia, 281-279 BC. AE12, 1.99 gr. Diademed, veiled and draped bust of Arsinöe II right / BAΣY ΠTOΛ, eagle standing left. Arslan &amp; Ozen 29-55; Klein 814. (from wildwinds.com)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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