Hey Echizento, Here Is A Nice Ptolemy I Just Ran Across!

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louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1318 Posts	Posted 09/03/2019 8:39 pm Have to open the Ptolemy Bronze Page and do the research but had to show you the photos! (40 grams!) Report this Post to the Staff

louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1318 Posts	Posted 09/03/2019 8:54 pm OK I went with this ID. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Tetrobol Alexandreia mint. Series 4. Struck 246-230 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, head right, with filleted cornucopia over shoulder; EP monogram between legs. Svoronos 974 var. (E between legs); Weiser 92 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 227-9 (Ptolemy IV); Noeske 159-164 (Ptolemy IV). Edited by louisvillekyshop 09/03/2019 8:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7067 Posts	Posted 09/03/2019 9:24 pm Been a while since I spotted a Ptolemaic hockey puck on the the board. Nice! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/03/2019 9:49 pm I agree it's a Ptolemy III SV 974 (Var), usually the size and weight of this coins are precise. The one is off by 5 mm and 5 grams. Still a nice Hocky Puck. Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1318 Posts	Posted 09/03/2019 9:58 pm CNG Has some real variations for these: These two that came up in a row are 42-52grams. Both same size about. Date 20.04.2016 Hammer * Premium Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Electronic Auction 373, Lot 189 PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Tetrobol (37.5mm, 42.44 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 4. Struck 246-230. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, E between legs. Svoronos 974; SNG Copenhagen 224-6 (Ptolemy IV). VF, earthen dark green... Date 24.08.2016 Hammer * Premium Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Electronic Auction 381, Lot 242 PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Tetrobol (38mm, 52.44 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 4. Struck 246-230. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, E between legs. Svoronos 974; SNG Copenhagen 224-6 (Ptolemy IV). Near VF, brown patina. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5290 Posts	Posted 09/04/2019 06:25 am I hope that the strawberry jam will come off with a soaking in something. I do love the large coppers-of any era. Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1318 Posts	Posted 09/04/2019 07:17 am You have to wonder if there was ever some desperate soldier who used one of these as a weapon in a slingshot when they ran out of shot. Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1318 Posts	Posted 09/04/2019 6:55 pm From the same lot I am going through, Ptolemy VI: (Just thought I'd add another Ptolemy coin to this string while I had the photographs anyway.) Report this Post to the Staff
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