Thanks. This
type exists in at least 6 sizes that all look the same. If this is ~20mm/6gm then it is
Svoronos 709. One of the most commonly available
Ptolemaic coins from one of the Syro-Phoenician
provincial mints (Tyre). Formerly attributed to
Ptolemy II but modern scholarship indicates more likely
Ptolemy III. I don't think anyone would attribute this to
Ptolemy XI.
The
obverse is the typical
Ptolemaic Zeus Ammon. The
Ptolemaic eagle on the
reverse is also typical and the club at the left is what indicates Tyre. Other
symbols can indicate other mints.
These come in 40mm/70gm, 35mm/35gm, 30mm/24gm, ... down to 16mm/3gm (generic size/weight - usually not exact). The cataloging starts with the largest as
Svoronos 705 and goes up to 711. Yours is probably 709 (the 5th size). Since they all look exactly the same a photo alone is no use in telling which is which. You can see photos of all of them at
www.ptolemybronze.com. The smaller sizes are extremely common, the largest size is extremely
rare.
Nice coin to start your
collection of
Ptolemaic bronzes.
Sometimes a photo can identify a coin but is always a
good idea to tell the basic information about a coin when asking for
help to identify it. I never understand why folks don't include size/weight with the photo - it's easier to measure the coin than to photograph it
In this case it could be narrowed down to one of 7
types from the photo but not the exact
type. Once you give the size and
weight - then it's a well-known common
type and easy to give you the best possible information.
PtolemAE
