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GREEK, Macedonian kingdom, Philip III Arrhidaios AE UnitMiletos mint (323-319 BC).
Obv.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev.: Bow in bow case and club; grain ear below. With the name and types of Alexander III ‘the Great’.
Price 2102.Minos12/05/12 at 02:11PtolemAE: Nice portrait style, too.
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ZEUSPtolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy Coin GAE099
Ptolemy II Philadelphos Drachm - 285/246BC - Alexandria
AE 47.4-48.1mm : 95.66gm
OBV - Zeus Ammon, facing right
REV - Eagle standing on thunderbolt, wing open on right side of coin, head reverted over open wing, EPSILON monogram between legs. BASILEOS on left, PTOLEMAIOY on right. Denomination A.
REF - SNGCOP 142 Svoronos 446 (Plate 17 #2)PtolemAE04/23/09 at 03:23PtolemAE: Top $ = ? It'd take serious $ to persuade me ...
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Greek, Late Ptolemaic period, c. 2-1 cent. B.C. UNIQUE? Beirut/Bervtus mint? Late Ptolemaic period, c. 2-1 cent. B.C. Bronze quarter-obol, VF, 1.922g, 12.5mm, 90o.Obv: double cornucopia. Rev: BASIL..., eagle standing left. The style of the flan and the eagle is similar to some late Berytus pieces. The flan is not Cyprus, Kyrene or Alexandria. Ref: Svoronos -; BMC -; SNG Cop -; Paphos II -. UNIQUE? 04/17/09 at 15:29PtolemAE: why is this thought to be ptolemaic?
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Zeus Ammon, Ptolemy II Philadelphos Drachm - 285/246BC - AlexandriaAE 47.4-48.1mm : 95.66gm
OBV - Zeus Ammon, facing right
REV - Eagle standing on thunderbolt, wing open on right side of coin, head reverted over open wing, EPSILON control letter between legs. BASILEOS on left, PTOLEMAIOY on right.
REF - Svoronos 446 SNGCOP 142 PtolemAE04/03/09 at 04:48PtolemAE: Thanks. One of my favorites for artistry and on s...
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ZEUS, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Syracuse Issue of Hieron II, Diobol - 285/246BCAE 26.3-27.5mm : 18.282gm : 3h
OBV - Laureate Zeus facing right
REV - Eagle standing on thunderbolt facing left, wing open, head facing left, no leg monogram, shield in left field. BASILEOS right, PTOLEMAIOY left
REF - Svoronos 610 (Plate 12 #17) SNGCop 114 Weiser 18
NOTE - This type actually struck in Syracuse by Hieron II ca. 265BC. New research just published on this subject (2007). The paper that presents this new attribution is available online at www.ptolemybronze.com.PtolemAE04/03/09 at 04:46PtolemAE: Thanks. We now know of 8 coins from this die. Th...
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Diadumenian, Thrace, Nikopolis ad IstrumVery worn, not an exceptional coin, but look at that almost pathetic individual so well captured in bronze! It seems brutally honest.
Diadumenian (Caesar)
Thrace, Nikopolis ad Istrum
AE 11.60g / 26mm / -
Κ Μ ΟΠΕΑ ΔΙΑΔΥΜΕΝΙΑΝΟCΚ - Draped bare head right
CΤΡΟΝ - Artemis advancing right holding bow & drawing arrow from quiver on her back.
Exergue: CΤΡΟΝ
Ref: Moushmov 1303Scotvs Capitis02/03/08 at 04:57PtolemAE: Elmer Fudd foreshadowed in bronze. 
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ZEUSPtolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy Coin GAE099
Ptolemy II Philadelphos Drachm - 285/246BC - Alexandria
AE 47.4-48.1mm : 95.66gm
OBV - Zeus Ammon, facing right
REV - Eagle standing on thunderbolt, wing open on right side of coin, head reverted over open wing, EPSILON monogram between legs. BASILEOS on left, PTOLEMAIOY on right. Denomination A.
REF - SNGCOP 142 Svoronos 446 (Plate 17 #2)PtolemAE12/27/07 at 01:01PtolemAE: I'm partial but this is the finest AE48 Ptolemaic ...
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Ptolemy II Philadelphos Drachm - 285/246BC - Alexandria - ObversePtolemy Coin GAE099
Ptolemy II Philadelphos Drachm - 285/246BC
AE 47.4-48.1mm : 95.66gm
OBV - Zeus Ammon, facing right
REV - Eagle standing on thunderbolt, wing open on right side of coin, head reverted over open wing, EPSILON monogram between legs. BASILEOS on left, PTOLEMAIOY on right. Denomination A.
REF - SNGCOP 142 Svoronos 446 (Plate 17 #2)PtolemAE12/26/07 at 16:39PtolemAE: My coin but... the finest condition AE48 Ptolemaic...
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