A Ptolemy By Any Other Name ?

Spent a significant amount of time this AM trying to straighten out my Ptolemy Æ's
Five years ago I purchased a decent sized lot of bronze from Switzerland and then simply put them aside for later efforts
Must admit I had some second thoughts about the purchase ...
My 'anuerism' (2022) made me even more reluctant to ponder over such tedious minutiae

But now I need organize this "mess" lest my heirs put them all out with the recyclables !
Well the wife anyways ...
My daughter shows much more promise
My son ? Well he just might trade them all for a few video games !

So this one came with 'ticket' complete with a detailed attribution
(ruler Ptolemy II denomination Diobol weight ref # etc)
Rather curious control mark too .... hmmmm
How convenient ... Now to just confirm it all !
Well I spent well over an hour trying to focus 'mine eyes' on both acsearch and Ptolemy AE Project

Finally in desperation I simply 'googled it'

AE Diobol Ptolemy II Svoronos 206
Bingo !
Up Came a SOLD Vcoins listing complete !
And there was my answer as why I was coming up empty for an hour
Zut Alors !
Ptolemy I 'Soter' not Ptolemy II 'Philadelphus' !!
Needless to say 'slightly' more desirable eh ?
And she is rather attractive too
Lovely chocolate brown quite sharp and a major improvement on my other Ptolemy Soter Æ

So here goes

Æ Diobol Alexandria 305-282 BC
Obv Laureate Zeus Ammon right
Rv ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ
Eagle standing left on thunderbolt wings spread
ΛΠΜ monogram in field
27mm 16.48 grams
Svoronos 206




Feeling much better about this purchase now
I think its a "keeper"
Sometimes it pays to double check !