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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 8112026, member: 44210&quot;]This year I really put a lot of my effort towards focusing on and acquiring coins of Ptolemaic Egypt. Reading about its fascinating history, rulers, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Origins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Origins" rel="nofollow">exploring it virtually in its twilight years</a> led me to make this one of my main collecting areas as I try to obtain nice/rare examples on my modest budget. Naturally, I felt myself drawn towards larger coins rather than smaller ones, so I was more on the lookout for the larger bronze coins, especially the drachms. But eventually I started to look more at the smaller coins as well, especially harder-to-find types such as the Ptolemy I and Berenice II on my list. My white whale is an octobol (the ~80 to 100 gram monsters), but unfortunately I was outbid on the two I tried to go for, so hopefully next year I&#039;ll have better luck. In total I bought around 20 Ptolemaic coins this year, with me selling off a few that were underwhelming in hand or that I upgraded, to help me buy more Ptolemaic coins. So I believed it was appropriate for me to set up a top-10 list for them. A few of these will also make appearances as part of my top-10 list for all my acquisitions in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>This list is ordered chronologically, not in any particular preference.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1. <u>Ptolemy I Soter (as Satrap)</u>, Ptolemaic Egypt</b></p><p>AE hemiobol</p><p>Obv: Bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛE, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread</p><p>Mint: Paphos</p><p>Date: 310-305 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 79</p><p>Size: 3.1 gr., 16 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411499[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2. <u>Ptolemy II Philadelphus</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE drachm</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, two eagles standing left on thunderbolt, Θ between left eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Date: 267-259 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 463</p><p>Size: 71 gr., 42 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411486[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. <u>Ptolemy II Philadelphus</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE diobol</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt, Σ over shield to left, I between legs</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Date: 285-246 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 576</p><p>Size: 15.6 gr., 28 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411487[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>4. <u>Ptolemy III Euergetes</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE hemiobol</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt with wings closed, cornucopia over shoulder, XP monogram between legs</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Date: 246-222 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 968</p><p>Size: 5.4 gr., 18 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411488[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>5. <u>Berenice II Euergetes</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE16</p><p>Obv: BEΡENIKHΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ, diademed and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread, EY to left</p><p>Mint: Ras Ibn Hani</p><p>Date: 246-221 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1056</p><p>Size: 4 gr., 17 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411489[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>6. <u>Ptolemy IV Philopator</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE drachm (Series 5)</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt;&nbsp; &nbsp; filleted cornucopia to left, ΔI between legs</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Date: 222-204 BC</p><p>Ref: CPE B495, Svoronos 1125, SNG Cop 199</p><p>Size: 65.94 gr., 42 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411493[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>7. <u>Ptolemy IV Philopator</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE drachm</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΛI between legs</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Date: 222-204 BC</p><p>Ref: CPE B493, Svoronos 1126</p><p>Size: 69.29 gr., 42 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411494[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>8. <u>Ptolemy IV Philopator</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE tetrobol</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking right, wings spread, ΣE between legs</p><p>Mint: Cyrene</p><p>Date: 222-204 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1148</p><p>Size: 45.3 gr., 38 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>9. <u>Ptolemy V Epiphanes</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE27</p><p>Obv: Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking right, wings closed, caduceus behind shoulder, K between legs</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Date: 204-180 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1376</p><p>Size: 13.3 gr., 27 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>10. <u>Ptolemy XII Auletes and Cleopatra VII,</u> Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, in aegis</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm over right shoulder, regnal year LΛ (year 30 of Ptolemy) above headdress of Isis to left, ΠA to right</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Date: 52-51 BC</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1840</p><p>Size: 8.1 gr., 25 mm (definitely lighter than the standard so I&#039;m hoping this isn&#039;t a fake [no seam though], wondering if someone would be able to help me out with this, maybe [USER=104887]@Broucheion[/USER] ?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411497[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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