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Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/09/2018 10:29 pm I bought them as a set, I just wanted to find out what these could be I believe they are Ptolemaic Dynasty// reverse single cornucopia. Dont know much else Cheers! Report this Post to the Staff

FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 06/09/2018 10:37 pm They look like the ancient city of Petra Currently located in Jordan Not my strong suite but the dual portrait looks familiar Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS 06/09/2018 10:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/09/2018 10:43 pm I suspect the jugate portraits are the Dioscuri - and the coins are from Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia, 2nd century BC. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/09/2018 11:31 pm Phoenicians? ?as in Carthage ? North Africa? I didnt know they were greek Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/09/2018 11:50 pm Excerpt from Numiswiki's Phoenicia entry: Ptolemais - Ake - Acre Ptolemais-Ace ('Akka, St. Jean d'Acre). The coinage of this city begins with Alexander the Great; staters and tetradrachms with dates 6-40, i. e. by the era of Alexander in Phoenicia, from B.C. 328/7 to 294/3; also undated, during the period 332-328. On these coins the city is named Ace (#1506;#1498;). It was re-named Ptolemais by Ptolemy II. The Ptolemaic coinage begins in B.C. 261 (a few undated pieces may be earlier), and continues until the acquisition of the city by Antiochus III in B.C. 200. Seleucid coinage from Antiochus IV to Antiochus XII (circ. B.C. 175-84); interrupted by a coin struck by Ptolemy VI in B.C. 148, during the struggle between Alexander Bala and Demetrius. The mint-mark is usually a monogram of ΠΤ or ΠΤΟ; we also find ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ from Antiochus IV (who therefore founded a colony there named after himself) to the first century B.C. The other names survived, however; #1506;#1498; and ΠΤΟ are found on contemporary coins. From circa B.C. 44 the coins read ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑ(Ι)ΕΩΝ, sometimes also ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ or ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, and are dated by the Caesarean era (B.C. 48). https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3095815 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3297655 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1916853 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3314322 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=407629 Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 12:23 am Quote: Phoenicians? ?as in Carthage ? North Africa? I didnt know they were greek Geographically, Phoenicia is the central coastal region of the Levant, including modern Lebanon, coastal Syria and northern Israel. Historically, Phoenicia was the home of the non-Greek Phoenicians who at an early date established colonies such as Carthage. In the Hellenistic period, Phoenicia came under Greek/ Ptolemaic/ Seleukid rule. Edited by Kushanshah 06/10/2018 12:30 am Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 05:16 am That's some really interesting history. Thanks all. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
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