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    ANCIENT COINS

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    EGYPT.   Ptolemy II Philadelphus

    Post-reform series 3 struck in Alexandria circa 260 BCE

    AE obol, 22 mm, 8.75 gm

    Obv:  head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress

    Rev:  BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIΟY; eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt, Λ between legs

    Ref:  Svoronos 483

    Note:  

     

    I am uncertain of the attribution.  This coin measures and weighs between the two possible denominations listed in Svoronos.

     

    Denomination E  (Svoronos 482) is 24 mm with weight ranges of the cited examples ranging from 10.80 to 13.85 gm.  Denomination F (Svoronos 483) is 20 mm with weight ranges cited from 4.75 to 6.85 gm, although there is mention of a specimen weighing 9.96 gm.