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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 6681571, member: 82616&quot;]Let&#039;s be honest, I would not have purchased this very worn hemidrachm if it wasn&#039;t for the fact it had a &#039;coolness&#039; factor for being a Dattari-Savio plate coin. Another contributing factor is that I recently acquired the 1999 edition of the esteemed reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a bad coin, but it would be pretty unremarkable without the provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1269786[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian </b></p><p>Æ Hemidrachm, 11.95g</p><p>Alexandria mint, 92-93 AD</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘƐΟ(Υ) ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹƐΒ ΓƐΡΜ; Head of Domitian, laureate, l.</p><p>Rev: LΙΒ; Nike advancing l., with wreath and palm</p><p>RPC 2671 (12 spec.). Emmett 269.12. Dattari-Savio 512 (this coin).</p><p>Acquired from Marc Breitsprecher, February 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>A fairly common hemidrachm struck at Alexandria during Domitian&#039;s regnal year 12. The Alexandrian mint under Domitian around regnal year 10 or 11 experienced a &#039;dramatic improvement in style&#039; and the &#039;adoption of a wide range of new types&#039; (Milne). This reverse featuring the Greek goddess Nike is one of the more abundant hemidrachm types struck after the mint&#039;s overhaul.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1269789[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have vented my frustration in another thread concerning the difficulty in using Dattari-Savio for attributions - the above photo of the plate in question is one reason why. The plate coin is unlabelled and out of sequence, it took some imaginative skills to match it up with my specimen (the plates are just rubbings after all!). Lacking an index or proper catalogue, Dattari-Savio is a really tough reference to use ... even for matching up your plate coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your plate coins, poor or otherwise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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