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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2442566, member: 56859&quot;]Yep.&nbsp; What it lacks in quality it make up for in quantity <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (and pedigree).&nbsp; I never managed to take great pictures of it so it&#039;s in the &quot;reshoot someday&quot; queue.&nbsp; Actually my heaviest coin is a Carthage 15-shekel (95 gms).&nbsp; This Ptolemy II is wider but a few grams lighter.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffit%25252Fw_800%25252Ch_400%25252Cq_75%25252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%2526hash%253Ddc61989f12efa0d49d00c939d2b9e9be%26hash%3D049236db9712d67aaffcdb1478d142bd&amp;hash=0a06a0f56802553e026cbd1656a3c3cc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus</b></p><p>285-246 BCE</p><p>AE48 mm, 91.8 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref: Sear 7782, Svoronos 446</p><p><i><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyii-ae48/cth8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!egypt-ptolemyii-ae48/cth8" rel="nofollow">ex Professor James Eaton Collection</a> (collected in the 1800s, in his family until I acquired it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>A better image of the obverse, with a 5 mm Macedonian monkey as Zeus&#039;s earring:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffit%252Fw_600%252Ch_550%252Cq_75%252Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg%26hash%3Ddc60d143a8b716d3cf91cc581d51a686&amp;hash=46226b87fa398b0370bdc95c28c79ac4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>A few more large Ptolemaic bronzes:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b971528a397743418ef111fa646409c3.jpg/v1/fill/w_936,h_460,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_b971528a397743418ef111fa646409c3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy IV Philopater</b></p><p>221-205 BCE</p><p>AE42, 67.9gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right with ram&#039;s horn, wearing taenia diadem</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; Σ between legs; Cornucopiae left decorated with royal diadem</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Svoronos 992</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3df61e7df0ff498794c4e114742a296b.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_518,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_3df61e7df0ff498794c4e114742a296b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy IV Philopater (?)</b></p><p>221-205 BCE</p><p>AE40, 64.8gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right with ram&#039;s horn, wearing taenia diadem</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; [cannot discern a monogram but there may be one]; cornucopiae left</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Svoronos 1125 or 1126?&nbsp; Those are a bit larger and heavier though.</p><p><i>ex Professor James Eaton Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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