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Ptolemy II and his Bad*** Eagle
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I couldn't resist this piece. I know I am not giving these last four coins the treatment that we have come to expect from SmEagle, Zohar and the others, but if I get some time this weekend, I will add some background. Now I just got my mail and wanted to post these before I head to work.
I mean how awesome is that eagle??
Ptolemy II Obverse
Ptolemy II Reverse
I mean how awesome is that eagle??
Ptolemy II Obverse
Ptolemy II Reverse
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I have one of these, it's bigger than a morgan dollar I believe, really cool to have a big hunk of brass from that period and location
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I wish the Ptolemaic rulers had offered us a bit more variety in their coin designs like the Seleucid kings did, but this often-used design is nice. And yeah, that's a great eagle.
Funny, I've never gotten around to owning one of these yet.
LordM-- you need to rectify your Ptolemy deficiency
I would also like to note for the record that there is ONE coin, and it is this one that I have owned before LM. So currently, LM has one coin on his list of coins he would like to buy after seeing it in my collection. I, on the other hand, have 238 coins on my list of coins that I would like to buy after seeing them in LM's collection.
It's just not fair.
NiceCurrency, this coin is a smaller piece, about the size of a nickel. I will have to re-do these posts this weekend along with appropriate diameter info and stuff like that. I was rushing out the door when I got the mail and had to boast a little about my two NEWPs.
TIF, thanks for the compliment. I really liked how the patina made the eagle design pop right off of the coin. I hope to add some more of these to my collection, so if you have duplicates, and if I have money, we should talk.
I hope it's ok for me to post this here but I do have an ulterior motive. I am hoping you can tell me if mine are genuine or suspicious. Although I always tried to buy ancients from reputable dealers it seems that is not always a lock on being the real thing.
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I just watched "the rock" Dwayne Johnson's "Hercules" movie last night [2014]. This coin would fit right in. The movie is primarily set in Thrace, beginning in Macedonia. I thought of you guys
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Here's a picture of the obverse with my smallest coin, a 5 mm silver fractional from Macedon (that's a monkey on the obverse)
This Ptolemy has a cool provenance too. It was acquired by a professor and collector named James Eaton in the mid to late 1800s and it remained in his family until I bought it last year.
<< <i>I just watched "the rock" Dwayne Johnson's "Hercules" movie last night [2014]. This coin would fit right in. The movie is primarily set in Thrace, beginning in Macedonia. I thought of you guys >>
Did you enjoy it? I was recently on a long flight and considered watching it but ended up sleeping. I'm not expecting historical accuracy but any time ancient civilizations make it to mass media is beneficial in my eyes
here's mine with the sellers pic and blurb:
A large 36 mm brass coin of Ptolemy IV Philopater (221-205 BC). Soon after the death of his father, Ptolemy III, in 222, Ptolemy IV had his mother, Berenice II, murdered to free himself from any regency arrangements. His reign marked the start of the decline of the Ptolemaic Kingdom: While invasions and rebellions rocked his domains, he devoted himself to hedonism and left the governing of Egypt to court favorites. He actually lost control of Upper Egypt to a renegade dynasty of native Pharaohs. Ptolemy IV is also noted for building the Tessarakonteres war galley, which at 425 feet was the largest ship ever built in the ancient world. The front of the coin shows the head of the horned Graeco-Egyptian god Zeus-Ammon. The back shows an eagle standing on a thunderbolt, with a Greek letter lambda between its legs, indicating year 11 of Ptolemy IV's rule, or 211 BC. Around the edge is a Greek inscription that reads "King Ptolemy". The coin is in nice shape -- the front is good, but the back is sharp, detailed, and deeply-struck. The Minted in Alexandria, Egypt, 211 BC. Reference: Svoronos 1167
<< <i>Did you enjoy it? … … >>
SmEagle, sorry for the delay I had a busy weekend. Yes I did enjoy the movie though it wasn't the Hercules which I had expected. Not the mythological character which I've seen done so many times. This was a much more realistic telling of the story. Part of me was disappointed because I always enjoy watching the labors of Hercules reenacted on TV and film. But for the same reasons I was also relieved. Definitely the most original version of the story I've ever seen produced by "mass media."
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Lochness: Yeah, Hercules sounds like a fun movie, but not enough to even pay Redbox for a rental. I will probably see it when the free copy hits my library. I don't mind the Rock. He seems to like to poke fun at himself in his roles and I can not say I've seen much of his stuff that makes me angry for watching it. (Some of the tv shows that I overhear while my gf watches them: now those make me angry. "Gilmore Girls" for example. What a bunch of whiny, trite crap.)
I've really been poking around the ancient world these last two weeks. I have some other purchases in a similar vein that should be arriving shortly. I look forward to posting them on here as well.
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Successful BST deals with mustangt and jesbroken. Now EVERYTHING is for sale.
Here's a couple of my chunks of bronze. I like the relatively clean state of these because it gives an idea of what they actually looked like when they were in circulation over 22 centuries ago.
A few of these would have really weighed down a coin purse!
TIF I like your 91.8gm monster. I have been looking for a 90+gm.
Ptolemy III Euergetes 246-221 BC
34.4mm, 35.4gm
Ptolemy III Euergetes 246-221 BC
41mm, 69.09gm
I haven't spent as much time reading about these issues as I wish. What is the deal with the holes or indentations on each side, seemingly regardless of issuing Ptolemy? I just got a Ptolemy VII that has the same business but I believe that the hole goes through.