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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3579182, member: 56859"]Distinguishing one from another is not always easy and opinions have changed during my short collecting time. I still have to update the attributions of various Ptolemaic bronzes on my website because the latest thinking reassigned some.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" rel="nofollow">PtolemyBronze.com</a> is the online place to go to sort this out. It's probably easiest to use their series-by-picture page: <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>Knowns for your coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>~41 mm, ~74 gm</p><p>Obv: Zeus Ammon</p><p>Rev: eagle standing with closed wings, <b>cornucopia in left field, Σ (maybe ΣΕ) between legs</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Scrolling down the series page linked above, the best match is Ptolemy IV, "Alexandria Series 5", Svoronos 992.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3579182, member: 56859"]Distinguishing one from another is not always easy and opinions have changed during my short collecting time. I still have to update the attributions of various Ptolemaic bronzes on my website because the latest thinking reassigned some. [URL='http://ptolemybronze.com/']PtolemyBronze.com[/URL] is the online place to go to sort this out. It's probably easiest to use their series-by-picture page: [URL]http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html[/URL] Knowns for your coin: ~41 mm, ~74 gm Obv: Zeus Ammon Rev: eagle standing with closed wings, [B]cornucopia in left field, Σ (maybe ΣΕ) between legs [/B] Scrolling down the series page linked above, the best match is Ptolemy IV, "Alexandria Series 5", Svoronos 992. [B][/B][/QUOTE]
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