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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1890776, member: 56859&quot;]Through individual purchases and fortunate finds in mixed lots, I&#039;m starting to accumulate some nice provincials of Alexandria.&nbsp; Buying Emmett&#039;s book has furthered my interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a particularly nice Claudius II/Tyche from the &quot;TIF&#039;s Folly&quot; Stack&#039;s mixed lot (Doug... I no longer have any gripes about the contents of that lot and regret having initially expressed negativity <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]322289[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus</b></p><p><b>year 3, 269/70 AD</b></p><p>tetradrachm, 20 mm, 10.2 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTKKΛAVΔIOCCEB; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; L Γ in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3896 (3), R4</p><p><br /></p><p>The legend caused some consternation because the Ks look like Ns.&nbsp; The rest of the readable portions of the legends (plus reverse type and year) confirm Claudius II.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a previous post I commented that the artistry declined over the years.&nbsp; I was wrong.&nbsp; The earliest years of Roman Alexandrian coinage have more of a cartoonish and crude look, like a felt-tipped marker drawing.&nbsp; The silver content of the tetradrachms suffered after those earliest emperors but the artistry is often better.&nbsp; While not the fine style of certain Greek coins, they are nonetheless charming.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyche&#039;s depiction on this coin is beautiful.&nbsp; Look at her graceful pose!&nbsp; The detailed draping!&nbsp; The cornucopia&#039;s contents!&nbsp; I am so happy with this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few more pictures of Alexandrians to take and load but that portion of my website/showcase is coming along nicely.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the <a href="http://inaruvi.wix.com/tifcollection#!roman/c22tz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://inaruvi.wix.com/tifcollection#!roman/c22tz" rel="nofollow">provincial page with 13 Alexandrians</a> (5 more to load).</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I&#039;ve put the book to use in attributing and checking attributions of my coins, I have nothing to add to <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/book-review-3-look-what-came-in-the-mail-today-emmett-no-not-the-lego-character.242791/#post-1867196" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/book-review-3-look-what-came-in-the-mail-today-emmett-no-not-the-lego-character.242791/#post-1867196">vlaha&#039;s review</a> except praise.&nbsp; I don&#039;t mind the lack of focus on the obverses-- I often buy these (and other Romans) for the interesting reverses rather than the portrait.&nbsp;&nbsp; His numbering system is very nice; just a straightforward progression from 1 to 4681, Augustus to Domitius Domitianus followed by anonymous coins, lead tokens, and glass tokens.&nbsp; Other helpful features of the book:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li><i>Want to find all issuers of a particular reverse?</i>&nbsp; There&#039;s an index for that.</li> <li><i>Wish you could look at a list of obverse inscriptions by emperor?</i>&nbsp; Check.</li> <li><i>Wondering what those obverse abbreviations mean?</i>&nbsp; Included in the Obverse Coin Inscriptions list.</li> <li><i>Want to find the corresponding number in other reference books?</i>&nbsp; There&#039;s an index for that.</li> <li><i>Need a list of reverse inscriptions?</i>&nbsp; Check.&nbsp; (It&#039;s a short list because most don&#039;t have a reverse inscription, just a date)</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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