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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 7312642, member: 74834"]Two years ago I bought two of these (without anticipating it) in a German auction. Fascinating coins, heavy blobs of bronze they are, not nicely finished in any way. We discussed them on CoinTalk <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-drachms-vespasian.342700/#post-3607684" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-drachms-vespasian.342700/#post-3607684">then</a>. Here they are again, this time both seller's pictures (that I doctored a bit).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278263[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE drachm Vespasian, Alexandria. Year 2-3 (=69-71). Bust of Nike with little wings on the shoulders to the right / Laureate head of Vespasian right. 35 mm, 21.85 gr. Emmett 208. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278264[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE drachm Vespasian, Alexandria. Year 2-3 (=69-71). Bust of Nike right / Head of Vespasian right. 37 x 35 mm, 20.69 gr. Emmett 208.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 7312642, member: 74834"]Two years ago I bought two of these (without anticipating it) in a German auction. Fascinating coins, heavy blobs of bronze they are, not nicely finished in any way. We discussed them on CoinTalk [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-drachms-vespasian.342700/#post-3607684']then[/URL]. Here they are again, this time both seller's pictures (that I doctored a bit). [ATTACH=full]1278263[/ATTACH] AE drachm Vespasian, Alexandria. Year 2-3 (=69-71). Bust of Nike with little wings on the shoulders to the right / Laureate head of Vespasian right. 35 mm, 21.85 gr. Emmett 208. [ATTACH=full]1278264[/ATTACH] AE drachm Vespasian, Alexandria. Year 2-3 (=69-71). Bust of Nike right / Head of Vespasian right. 37 x 35 mm, 20.69 gr. Emmett 208.[/QUOTE]
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