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Thus obverse and reverse were impressed simultaneously, sometimes with uneven results.\r\nThe coins bequeathed to the V&A by Salting include examples of silver coins from Syracuse of the 4th century BC, a set of gold imperial coins of Rome, and some fine specimens of bronze denarii of the Roman Empire.","physicalDescription":"Obverse: Greek inscription.Busts jugate right of Ptolemy II, with whisker, wearing diadem and chlamys, and of his wife Arsinoe II, diademed and draped.\r\nReverse: Greek inscription. 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