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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1725375, member: 44183"]<font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">Yup ... we got ourselves a crocodile "and" a super-cool genius emerging from a cornucopia (no seriously!!)</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">EGYPT</font></b></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">, </font></b></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">Alexandria</font></b></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">. Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm</font></b></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">AD 138-161</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Dated RY 7 (AD 143/4)</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 34 mm</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 23.02 grams</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Laureate head right</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; crocodile below; L Z (date) to left, Iς above</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Köln 1449; Dattari (Savio) 2747; K&G 35.217</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 12h … VF, attractive blue-green patina, edge split</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Ex Greenpoint Collection (acquired from Ralph DeMarco)</span></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH]268182.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]268183.vB[/ATTACH]</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">I'm sorry, but OMG => this coin is really somethin', eh? (super-cool)</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1725375, member: 44183"][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Yup ... we got ourselves a crocodile "and" a super-cool genius emerging from a cornucopia (no seriously!!) [/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=Arial]EGYPT[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=Arial], [/FONT][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=Arial]Alexandria[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=Arial]. Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm[/FONT][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]AD 138-161[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Dated RY 7 (AD 143/4)[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 34 mm[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Weight: 23.02 grams[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Obverse: Laureate head right[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Reverse: Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; crocodile below; L Z (date) to left, Iς above[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Reference: Köln 1449; Dattari (Savio) 2747; K&G 35.217[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Other: 12h … VF, attractive blue-green patina, edge split[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [COLOR=#000000]Ex Greenpoint Collection (acquired from Ralph DeMarco)[/COLOR][/FONT] [ATTACH]268182.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]268183.vB[/ATTACH] I'm sorry, but OMG => this coin is really somethin', eh? (super-cool)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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