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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1991384, member: 19463&quot;]Yesterday&#039;s coin show provided me with 17 new items of which half will be of interest to no one (so why will I show them???).&nbsp; I hope some will enjoy these in part one:</p><p>Gordian III Alexandria tetradrachm:</p><p>&nbsp; This coin is very unusual and I bought it because of that.&nbsp; The color in this image is pretty accurate or perhaps a bit dark.&nbsp; This is the best silver I have seen in a late 4dr.&nbsp; Who has a billon after Elagabalus this silver?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356565[/ATTACH]</p><p>I bought the Diocletian partly because it is a high grade and pretty coin and partly because of the nice thunderbolt in the mintmark from Rome.&nbsp; RIC lists the same series with another mark that I do not know what to call.&nbsp; Who has a coin of this series (near RIC 100a) with something other than a thunderbolt?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade and strike wise, the black Maxentius makes the Diocletian look like a dog.&nbsp; I feel shallow buying a coin just for grade so I&#039;ll point out that this is the series where each of the three Aquilea officinae used a different mark in the pediment.&nbsp; + is shop gamma.&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyone have am AQP or AQS to show?&nbsp; To me it is odd that they used gamma rather than T but that is what RIC says.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356567[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These three coins were higher grade than most of my purchases but overall I saw and bought better grade items with good surfaces at this show.&nbsp; I saw a lot of very nice coins.&nbsp; Others will follow later in separate posts (when I get them photographed).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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