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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3982933, member: 56859&quot;]Large coins are always eye-catching and that one is no exception.&nbsp; 40 mm, wow!!&nbsp; I have none that large and few over 33 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandrian drachms are ~30-36 mm, which isn&#039;t particularly remarkable size-wise when it comes to provincials.&nbsp; I&#039;ll spare you the drachm parade and instead show a few other large-ish provincials <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-tarsos-dougsmith-jpg.893462/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsos. Valerian I</b></p><p>253-260 CE</p><p>AE 32 mm, 19.06 gm</p><p>Obv: AVKΛΙΠOVΛΙOVAΛЄPIANOCCЄ; Π - Π; radiate, draped, and cuirassed (?) bust right.</p><p>Rev: TAPCOVMH TP OΠOΛЄΩC; A/M/K - Γ/Γ in fields; KOINOBOVΛION ЄΛЄVΘЄ__ in exergue; Athena seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and dropping a voting pebble into amphora to left; shield below.</p><p>Ref: SNG Levante 1193; SNG BN 1821-2 (I do not have these reference books; references taken from similar ex CNG coin)</p><p><i>ex Doug Smith</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_eae8cc5a30674dbca28c8fd8b19d9ad8%2525257Emv2.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffill%2525252Fw_1000%2525252Ch_512%2525252Cal_c%2525252Cq_90%2525252Fae43f8_eae8cc5a30674dbca28c8fd8b19d9ad8%2525257Emv2.jpg%252526hash%25253D6fd08715468a73be75531197f4d8fcf3%2526hash%253Dc85383551a4f61297a101999ec95c6d1%26hash%3D1772ea61a5405d6e781156211a30969e&amp;hash=28eb5da8a5501241352c6927ad173eac" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus &amp; Julia Domna</b></p><p>CE 193-211</p><p>Æ, 31 mm 18.8 gm</p><p>Obv: jugate draped busts right of Septimius Severus, radiate and cuirassed and Julia Domna, set on crescent; countermarks: 1) C(AΓ) within rectangular incuse; 2) COL within rectangular incuse</p><p>Rev: Marsyas standing left, right hand raised, holding wineskin over his left shoulder</p><p>Ref: SNG Righetti 2114; Howgego 581 and 586</p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-philadelphia-serpentonhorse-nn-rt-jpg.759310/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>LYDIA, Philadelphia. Caracalla</b>. Æ 31, 16.7 gm, CE 198-217. Ioulianos, strategos. AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTPA IOVΛIANOV A ΠOΛ ΦIΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΩN; horse prancing left surmounted by serpent coiled left. BMC 85. Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eh, I just can&#039;t refrain from posting at least a couple of Egyptian drachms <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_6c67080020cc4e348897e07ce7d8bf1f.jpg_srz_p_689_326_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz&amp;hash=ef6693bb43b43b2dd986ad7c78a1bd5a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>year 15, 130/131 AD</p><p>Æ Drachm, 35 mm, 24.8 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev: Hadrian standing left, togate, holding sceptre, greeted by Alexandria, clad in elephant&#039;s skin headdress, chiton, and peplos, holding two grain ears in her left hand, and kissing Hadrian&#039;s extended right hand; L-IE (date) below.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 964.15, R1</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadriandrachm-nilus-e1016-16-rt-jpg.658081/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Hadrian drachm / Nilus seated left, holding reed, crocodile below right. Emmett 1016, RY16.&nbsp; Hmm, I didn&#039;t record the diameter on my website but I recall this being the largest diameter drachm I have.&nbsp; I think it is ~36-37 mm but I&#039;ll have to check the next time I go to the bank.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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