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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2500374, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm, I guess I should have been more specific in the thread title:&nbsp; <i>Roman Egypt</i> tetradrachms.&nbsp; That&#039;s okay though-- I&#039;ll pile on some Ptolemaic tets too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First though, a new arrival via JA&#039;s auction, consigned by JBG, formerly owned by Keith Emmett.&nbsp; Nice!&nbsp; I recall seeing this coin in Beast&#039;s Vcoins store but dithered about buying it.&nbsp; Apparently I was meant to own it after all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530362[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Carus</b></p><p>undated, but struck apparently struck posthumously by his son Carinus in CE 283/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 19 mm, 7.7 gm, 12h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; ΘEωKAPωCEB; Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: AΦIEPωCIC; lit altar decorated with crossed palms, star in upper left field.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3995.2, R2</p><p><i>ex [USER=38987]@JBGood[/USER]; ex Keith Emmett Collection; ex Empire Coins, July 1982 </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Non-Roman Alexandrian tetradrachms, which I was very happy to add this year:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard)</p><p>Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>Struck c. 300-285 BCE, Alexandreia mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 28 mm, 13.92 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69; Noeske 40[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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