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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5136637, member: 110350"]I can't really pick out only one coin that ticked all the boxes for me -- a lot of my Roman Republican coins would probably qualify. But here's my own Alexandrian coin with Nilus and crocodile, which I bought only for the reverse. So it didn't tick quite all of the boxes!</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 22 (137/138 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed in right hand and cornucopiae in left; crocodile below; L KB (Year 22) in left field. RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. III 6254 (2015); RPC III Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6254;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6254;" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6254;</a> Emmett 876.22 [Emmett, Keith, <i>Alexandrian Coins</i> (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Milne 1569 [Milne, J., <i>A Catalogue of the Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum</i> (Oxford, 1933, reprints with supplement by Colin M. Kraay)]; Köln.1241 [Geissen, A., <i>Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen</i>, Köln, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)]. 24 mm., 12.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205218[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5136637, member: 110350"]I can't really pick out only one coin that ticked all the boxes for me -- a lot of my Roman Republican coins would probably qualify. But here's my own Alexandrian coin with Nilus and crocodile, which I bought only for the reverse. So it didn't tick quite all of the boxes! Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 22 (137/138 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed in right hand and cornucopiae in left; crocodile below; L KB (Year 22) in left field. RPC [[I]Roman Provincial Coinage[/I]] Vol. III 6254 (2015); RPC III Online at [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6254;[/URL] Emmett 876.22 [Emmett, Keith, [I]Alexandrian Coins[/I] (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Milne 1569 [Milne, J., [I]A Catalogue of the Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum[/I] (Oxford, 1933, reprints with supplement by Colin M. Kraay)]; Köln.1241 [Geissen, A., [I]Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen[/I], Köln, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)]. 24 mm., 12.9 g. [ATTACH=full]1205218[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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