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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3191714, member: 56859&quot;]Nice chunks of Egypt you have there, RL!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the holed coins, is there any compelling reason to believe the two coins were at some point actually joined?&nbsp; I&#039;d cut the string and separate the modern coin but I might not remove the links from the tetradrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2bd320b129f144a8b6a4ed006bda5492.jpg_srb_p_850_438_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Probus</b></p><p>year 8, CE 282</p><p>potin tetradrachm, 20 mm, 7.4 gm</p><p>Obv: AKMAVPΠPOBOCCEB; laureate cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing right, head right, wings open, wreath in beak; L - H</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3982.8; Milne 4658</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8a28ceac92a04a6cb8f9c2e64edef789.jpg_srb_p_850_433_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Probus</b></p><p>year 2, CE 276/7</p><p>tetradrachm, 20 mm, 7.9 gm</p><p>Obv: AKMAVPΠPOBOCCEB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing right, head left, wreath in beak; L-B across fields</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3983.2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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