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Jay Kristofferson Valued Member United States 87 Posts	Posted 12/01/2011 1:47 pm Silver coin of Ptolemy the ? Roughly 24 mm and 14.3 grams I am looking at Greek Coins and Their Values by Sear but am still having difficulties distinguishing between some of those ruler dudes. Ptolemy I or II or X Whoever ... Moved to Ancients forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/02/2011 04:09 am From the picture as presented here, the style ia about indicative of Ptolemy X. It looks similar to a tetradrachm I have of Ptolemy X11. With my coin, the eagle is a bit more spindly. The eagle on the coin pictured is of a slightly better style than mine. Report this Post to the Staff
Jay Kristofferson Valued Member United States 87 Posts	Posted 12/02/2011 12:38 pm The eagle on my coin goes to the gym, so of course he looks better. Guess there is no way to tell which Ptolemy is which in some cases. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16874 Posts	Posted 12/02/2011 8:11 pm "LH" is the date: Regnal Year 8. Now we just have to work out which king it belongs to. Unfortunately, Wildwinds lists two options with this date and PA monogram: Ptolemy XII is common enough for there to be three examples given, while Ptolemy IX has two examples, here and here-here. I'm afraid I'm not experienced enough in the series to tell these two apart. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Jay Kristofferson Valued Member United States 87 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 1:40 pm Thank you for the additional information SAP. As close as we can get perhaps. Report this Post to the Staff
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