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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2995487, member: 19463&quot;]My auction newps included two Provincials which I bid upon mostly because I did not have them and thought I should.&nbsp; That seems like a lame reason but it is what it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have been looking for a Gordian Caesarea drachm with reference to their two neocourates (BNE) for several years now.&nbsp; I have other rulers with Mt Argaeus reverses but did not have Gordian. There must have been a large group found since I have seen many, many offered for sale.&nbsp; The first I saw struck me as overpriced and many later seemed too low quality so it took a while to find one cheap enough and acceptable looking.&nbsp; Now I can stop looking.&nbsp; All seem to be year 5 (ET E).&nbsp; I know nothing of the find details.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]739979[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>More my speed is my very first Alexandria tetradrachm of Valerian.&nbsp; I am not trying to get every Alexandrian coin or even every ruler but I was attracted to this common coin with yet another eagle on the reverse.&nbsp; The obverse legend has 21 letters which have to be pretty small to fit in the space available.&nbsp; All are legible at least if you know what to expect.&nbsp; Not all Valerian coins are this clear.&nbsp; &nbsp; When cataloging these be careful to read the eagle details correctly since little things matter if you like catalog numbers.&nbsp; This shows the eagle facing left with head right, wings spread and wreath in beak.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not particularly interested in getting more eagles (they all seemed to issue eagles!) but this was my first Valerian and had reasonable letters.&nbsp; This is year three. </p><p>ΑΚ Π ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟC ΕΥ ΕΥC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]739980[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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