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Coin Type: A bronze coin of Ptolemy V Epiphanes of Egypt, 204-180 BCE Size and Weight: 28mm x 29mm, 18.75g Obverse: Head of Cleopatra I as Isis, right, with four long ringlets, wearing a wreath of grain. Reverse: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. Ref: Svoronos 1234; SNG Copenhagen 247. Provenance: Frank1410_0 (eBay), December 2008 BW Ref: 001 039 135 |
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Note: I was concerned that this might be a modern cast of a genuine coin. It is not always easy to tell with coins such as this, which were struck on flans which had been cast. The details are soft, and there is some pitting on the surface. But there are spots of a red oxide build-up on the reverse which suggest that this coin is genuinely ancient. | |
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