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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2397138, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;d love to have that one.&nbsp; What a nice and unexpected find!</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandrian obols:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vespasianobolhawk-fakepatinaremoved2-jpg.417101/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian</b></p><p>year 5, CE 72/3</p><p>obol, 21 mm, 5.2 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTOKKAIΣΣEBAOVEΣΠAΣIANOV; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: hawk* standing right; LE in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 222(5), Milne 430</p><p>*Emmett calls this a hawk; elsewhere I&#039;ve seen it as &quot;falcon [or Horus falcon] standing right on ground line, wearing <i>sekhemti</i>(<i>pschent</i>) crown&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_4cb7a811baff42a48e2415654907534c.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_501%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_4cb7a811baff42a48e2415654907534c.jpg&amp;hash=4d18647fe6cbaa1e179c15aaf0dea6c5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Hadrian</b></p><p>year 11, CE 126/7</p><p>AE obol, 10 mm, 5.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVTKAITPAIAΔPIACEB; Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Stag standing right; L - IA</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1169(11), Milne 1235; Dattari 7942; K&amp;G 32.439</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliussphinxobol-rt-jpg.468934/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius as Caesar</b></p><p>AE obol, 20.5 mm, 6.0 gm. Alexandria.</p><p>Year 15 (CE 151/2)</p><p>Obv: MAVPHΛICKAICAP; bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Sphinx crouched right; LIE (date) above in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1919.15, R5; Dattari 3221; <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" rel="nofollow">RPC IV online 15684</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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