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Offline epmunt

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Which Ptolemy? Strange portrait.
« on: September 17, 2007, 01:39:28 pm »
Which Ptolemy? Strange portrait. ID help.
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Manzikert

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Re: Which Ptolemy? Strange portrait.
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2007, 07:45:20 pm »
Hi epmunt,

I think this is one of Ptolemy IV Philopator's dated tetradrachms from Phoenicia, Svoronos 1207, see coin 7 on http://www.coin.com//images/dr/svoronos/svc038p001p.html, and http://www.coin.com//images/dr/svoronos/svc001p169t.html for the description.

Best wishes

Alan
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Re: Which Ptolemy? Strange portrait.
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2007, 11:20:57 am »
HI Alan,

Many thanks! What a handy links. Now I learned how to id Ptolemy. It isn't easy.



Best regards,
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Re: Which Ptolemy? Strange portrait.
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2007, 05:31:54 pm »
Why do you say this coin was struck in Phoenicia?  It does come after the Phoenician coins of Ptolemy IV, but it is under a new section heading and does not relate to the previous coins.  The AP monogram is a date and not a mint mark.
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Re: Which Ptolemy? Strange portrait.
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2007, 10:12:24 am »
Hi epmunt, Howard

Howard is right. The mint will presumably be Alexandria, and I must have carried the 'Phoenician' bit over from the previous page when I was scanning through the pages on Svoronos.

My apologies for the error epmunt :(

Best wishes

Alan
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