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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1945462, member: 19463&quot;]zumbly&#039;s coin is a very nice strike with a lot of obverse legend often lost due to the tapered flans on which these were made.&nbsp; I do regret the lack of the &#039;cool Nilometer&#039; digits but it is overall a great coin.&nbsp; Before showing drachms, I want to show a Pius tetradrachm that may or may not be missing the Nilometer number.&nbsp; It is year 16 (LIS).&nbsp; The Nile went into flood at 16 cubits so the Nilometer number is always IS.&nbsp; You will not see happy postings of close numbers since a flood of 15 fails to spill over into the fields and that means no crops.&nbsp; My tet may be using the single 16 for both purposes.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]338617[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Hadrian of the same reverse has the IS at the top and year 12 spelled out at the bottom.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]338616[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The worn Pius adds the IS to the end of the date word L TPICKA (13)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]338619[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My last one was bought because I liked the color.&nbsp; The reverse shows Serapis seated in a temple and has enough letters to narrow it to either the common year 12 or the rare year 11, I believe.&nbsp; I am not willing to risk the color to try to clean it.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]338618[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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