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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2111263, member: 42634&quot;]i&#039;ll post part 2 and 3 together, they are both alexandrian tets...and one of them may look familiar to you.&nbsp; i have a couple alexandrian tets, but wanted one with an ealge, and wanted some&nbsp; different rulers other than maximian and diocletion (already have those in tet flavor).</p><p><br /></p><p>part 2...new to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5996_zpsp0frpjdl.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5996_zpsp0frpjdl.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_5996_zpsp0frpjdl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Claudius II Gothicus</p><p>269 - 270 A.D.</p><p>Billon tetradrachm</p><p>Alexandria mint</p><p>obverse: AVT K KLAVΔIOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind; reverse: L-B (year 2), eagle standing right, looking back, holding wreath in beak;</p><p>22 mm</p><p>10.8g</p><p>Milne 4265, SNG Cop 850, Geissen 3027, BMC 2332</p><p><br /></p><p>this is only my 3rd claudius ii coin, the other two are pretty poor quality coins i picked up in uncleaned lots.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>part 3...new to me, not to cointalk</p><p><br /></p><p>i picked this coin up from a forum member, it was just posted here a couple of months ago.&nbsp; this is a wildwinds coin also.&nbsp; it has an amazing color that is difficult to capture on film, i did my own pics, but i didn&#039;t really improve on the original owners.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6024_zps2hyiib3m.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6024_zps2hyiib3m.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_6024_zps2hyiib3m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>i&#039;ll just copy and paste the attribution from the original thread..</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III ( 238 - 244 A.D.)</p><p>EGYPT ALEXANDRIA</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: A K M AN GORDIANOC EVC, laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: Nike seated left, holding palm and wreath; LΓ (date) across field.</p><p>RY 3 (AD 239/40)</p><p>22mm</p><p>11.36g</p><p>Köln -; Dattari 4753; cf. Milne 3357; Emmett 3416.3</p><p><br /></p><p>question: shouldn&#039;t year 3 be 240-241 for gordian iii?&nbsp; this was the attribution from wildwinds, so i&#039;m probably wrong...but why am i wrong?&nbsp; or am i?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>feel free to pile on a couple of your tets that need some love![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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