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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Whizb4ng, post: 1859875, member: 54140&quot;]It has been awhile since I have bought an Ancient &#039;keeper&#039; for myself. Most of my new coins have been late 19th century modern coins. I came across this one and liked it and figured &#039;why not&#039; since I had some extra money sitting in paypal and could easily justify the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I admit it won&#039;t win any beauty contests but what really drew me in was the reverse. The obverse is not the greatest anymore but the hawk looks very nice on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am still playing with photos. I had too much light I think on this one and couldn&#039;t get the remaining letters to come out since they are faint. The nice red-brown colour did come out though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian Obol, Alexandria, Year 11</p><p>Obv. AVT KAI TPAI A∆PIA CEB laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder</p><p>Rev. Hawk standing left wearing skhent L-IA across fields</p><p>Koln 963, Dattari 2043, Emmett 1163</p><p>4.51 grams</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/3vACpXul.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/tYYEcFAl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of those coins I really like since it mixes the three cultures of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for taking a look![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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