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rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 01/03/2013 5:44 pm Hi, I think this could be Ptolemy II but only guessing. Weight 6.73g Diameter 19mm Thanks for all help Report this Post to the Staff

Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 01/03/2013 5:54 pm The reverse is a "thunderbolt", but I don't recognize the obverse. Sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 01/03/2013 6:13 pm Maybe an Obol of Ptolemy II? Report this Post to the Staff
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 01/03/2013 6:22 pm Thanks Masis - do you have a link to info on the above ? Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 01/03/2013 6:42 pm Good call Masis. This coin type looks a little familiar - has it been discussed here recently Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 01/03/2013 7:48 pm Quote: Thanks Masis - do you have a link to info on the above ? Here: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=17158 Going from the criteria, of a bust of Ptolemy I, facing to the right, and a winged, horizontal, thunderbolt on the reverse, this is the only example that comes up in a search engine. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4980 Posts	Posted 01/03/2013 8:57 pm that thunderbolt is very distinctive....didn't know the coin exactly but knew that right away. Report this Post to the Staff
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 01/04/2013 03:25 am Masis you are a star - many thanks Report this Post to the Staff
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