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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1915344, member: 56859&quot;]Last week I trolled for tets on eBay with Emmett&#039;s book in hand, looking for potential winners. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since this type of coin is usually rather inexpensive, eBay seemed like a good place to browse.&nbsp; Indeed, there are many Alexandrian tetradrachms ripe for picking!</p><p><br /></p><p>This seller had quite a few and almost every one was misidentified in one way or another.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a big deal for the seller since most of the errors probably won&#039;t result in a huge loss of potential profit but there were a few notables.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one via the &quot;Make Offer&quot; button.&nbsp; It was identified as Diocletian.&nbsp; It&#039;s Carinus and I didn&#039;t have any of him. Added bonus:&nbsp; he was Caesar for the first part of his first year of reign and Augustus at the end of that year*; the Augustus issues for year 1 are less common and this is a year 1 as Augustus. I know, I know... rarity ratings should be taken with a grain of salt but it was still a satisfying if relatively minor cherrypick.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller&#039;s pictures weren&#039;t great but they were good enough to recognize that the coin would look much better in person.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m very pleased with this latest addition to my Alex Tet family.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]328530[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Carinus</b></p><p>~283 AD (account of the exact years of his reign and coins vary slightly among references)</p><p>potin tetradrachm, 18 mm, 6.7 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AKMAKAPINOCCEB; laureate cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; LA in left field; star in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 4012(1-A), R3.&nbsp; Milne 4688</p><p><br /></p><p>*Carinus was the son of Carus.&nbsp; When Carus came to power after the troops abandoned Probus, he elevated his sons Carinus and Numerian to Caesar.&nbsp; From there, accounts are confusing.&nbsp; Carinus may have been elevated to Augustus while his father was still alive.&nbsp; Most of the information on this period in Roman history appears to come from <i>Historia Augusta</i>, a source known to have biased, fanciful, or downright fictitious information.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Carinus coins-- Egyptian or otherwise.&nbsp; Or post your favorite eBay cherrypicks.&nbsp; Or just whatever you feel like posting.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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