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virtvsprobi

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Ptolemaic OTD
« on: May 23, 2006, 01:44:18 pm »
Well, this is not my usual type of coin, but I just had to have this one.

Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 B.C. Æ 25 mm (11.78 g). Sidon.

OBV.: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right.

REV.: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread. Filleted double cornucopiae in l. field.

SNG Copenhagen -; Svoronos 761.

http://www.coin.com//images/dr/svoronos/svc001p105t.html
http://www.coin.com//images/dr/svoronos/svc022p002p.html

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P.S. Collector's Superstition of the Day: I have learned, from experience, not to show a coin as a CoTD before having it in hand.
If shown before, it goes missing in the mail, as a rule!  :o ???
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Re: Ptolemaic OTD
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2006, 02:14:36 pm »
Nice sandy encrustations! You did well by purchasing this coin.

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Re: Ptolemaic OTD
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2006, 04:26:37 pm »
Quote from: virtvsprobi on May 23, 2006, 01:44:18 pm
P.S. Collector's Superstition of the Day: I have learned, from experience, not to show a coin as a CoTD before having it in hand.
If shown before, it goes missing in the mail, as a rule!  :o ???

I can well understand you, I wouldn't do it either. Don't sell the bear's skin before the bear is dead.

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Re: Ptolemaic OTD
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2006, 05:30:38 pm »
It's about as safe as claiming the purple while the emperor's alive!
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Re: Ptolemaic OTD
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2006, 03:41:01 am »
Very nice. Even better with the sandy patina!

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