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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1973382, member: 4910"]Here's my traditional Sphinx coin:</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_rome_antoninus_alexsphinx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Provincial Egypt Bronze Drachm - Sphinx</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head left, "AYT K T AIL ADP ANTWNINOC CEB EYC"</p><p>Reverse: Sphinx seated right, wings raised, left forepaw on wheel, "L IZ" (year 17)</p><p>Catalog: Milne 2249</p><p>Diameter: 33mm (about the size of an Egyptian magic coin)</p><p>Weight: 19.6gm</p><p>Struck Alexandria, Egypt AD 153-154</p><p> </p><p>I visited Egypt in 1987 and got to see the real thing myself</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_tripegypt_cairosphinx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1973382, member: 4910"]Here's my traditional Sphinx coin: [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_rome_antoninus_alexsphinx.jpg[/IMG] Antoninus Pius Provincial Egypt Bronze Drachm - Sphinx Obverse: Laureate head left, "AYT K T AIL ADP ANTWNINOC CEB EYC" Reverse: Sphinx seated right, wings raised, left forepaw on wheel, "L IZ" (year 17) Catalog: Milne 2249 Diameter: 33mm (about the size of an Egyptian magic coin) Weight: 19.6gm Struck Alexandria, Egypt AD 153-154 I visited Egypt in 1987 and got to see the real thing myself [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_tripegypt_cairosphinx.jpg[/IMG] :)[/QUOTE]
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