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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1914782, member: 56859&quot;]Well okay, I&#039;m gonna whip out my Takitoc too then&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a newsworthy variety but the provenance rocks.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_89a1100cd55b44ca8bf703b04036d886.jpg_srz_p_674_331_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Tacitus</b></p><p><b>275/6 AD</b></p><p>potin tetradrachm, 20 mm, 7.5 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AKKΛTAKITOCCEB; laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ET[OVC]-A; eagle standing left, head right with wreath in its beak</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Milne 4510, Emmett 3974, R1</p><p><i>ex Professor James Eaton collection, procured in the late 1800&#039;s, in his family until it became part of the TIF collection (Stack&#039;s Bowers,August 2013 Chicago ANA World&#039;s Fair of Money - Session F, part of a mixed lot of mostly Ptolemaic bronzes)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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