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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 1992310, member: 42034&quot;]What an awesome aureus. Also a very Heroic bust style.&nbsp; I&#039;m having a lot of difficulty in getting anything high quality these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I&#039;ve lost all my high end bids on both ancients and Latin American this year (hence the disappointed box under my avatar), just yesterday I did pick up a cheap lower grade Hadrian.&nbsp; It goes to show that weird &amp; interesting coins are not necessarily expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Egypt_Hadrian_drachm_RN_both_600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an Egyptian (Roman Colonial) drachm struck in Alexandria, year 18 (133/134 AD), 25.04 g, 32mm.&nbsp; It shows Roman control of Egypt with the Emperor, yet also that the Romans allowed this Province the freedom to use their own, very characteristic designs on the reverse. I paid L. 160 for it (not incl commission)&nbsp; yesterday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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