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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1184846, member: 19463&quot;]I bought this coin this week mostly because I did not have one like it but it brought up a point some here might find interesting.&nbsp; The seller correctly named it as a post reform radiate rather than an antoninianus which is a denomination before the currency reform of Diocletian.&nbsp; He also correctly identified the mint as Alexandria.&nbsp; Less accurate was his call on the ruler shown.&nbsp; I find it interesting that there is a dealer who &#039;gets&#039; the rather fine distinction between the antoninianus (having some silver content, marked XXI and issued with a silver wash) and the post reform radate (no silver, no mark, no wash) but missed the name.&nbsp; Beginners only:&nbsp; Who is portrayed on this obverse?&nbsp; Who do people mistake his coins for?&nbsp; What two pieces of evidence prove beyond all doubt the ID of this coin?</p><p><a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/max.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/max.html" rel="nofollow">Hint?</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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