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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2320565, member: 56859"]Resurrecting this thread because it took a while but I finally acquired a Great Sphinx coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Dang, these types are hard to come by! I regularly searched fixed price stores, auctions, and asked various dealers to locate one. I wasn't even picky about the denomination or emperor, not that there are many options.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year there was a Marcus Aurelius sphinx obol (different year) on Vcoins and the price was rather steep. I considered it but asked the seller to remove the Maybelline so I could see how the coin looked without its orange "sand" patina. He complied; I had concerns about the underlying metal and passed.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one won't win any beauty contests but for the type, it is actually decent. The sphinx is clear enough, the date legible, and the centering is good.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]468934[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius as Caesar</b></p><p>AE obol, 20.5 mm, 6.0 gm. Alexandria.</p><p>Year 15 (CE 151/2)</p><p>Obv: MAVPHΛICKAICAP; bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Sphinx crouched right; LIE (date) above in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1919.15, R5; Dattari 3221; <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&stype=quick&q=15684&rno=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&stype=quick&q=15684&rno=1" rel="nofollow">RPC IV online 15684</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>M(APKOC) AVPHΛIC KAICAP</b></p><p>Marcus Aurelius Caesar[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2320565, member: 56859"]Resurrecting this thread because it took a while but I finally acquired a Great Sphinx coin :). Dang, these types are hard to come by! I regularly searched fixed price stores, auctions, and asked various dealers to locate one. I wasn't even picky about the denomination or emperor, not that there are many options. Last year there was a Marcus Aurelius sphinx obol (different year) on Vcoins and the price was rather steep. I considered it but asked the seller to remove the Maybelline so I could see how the coin looked without its orange "sand" patina. He complied; I had concerns about the underlying metal and passed. This one won't win any beauty contests but for the type, it is actually decent. The sphinx is clear enough, the date legible, and the centering is good. [ATTACH=full]468934[/ATTACH] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius as Caesar[/B] AE obol, 20.5 mm, 6.0 gm. Alexandria. Year 15 (CE 151/2) Obv: MAVPHΛICKAICAP; bust right, bare head Rev: Sphinx crouched right; LIE (date) above in left field Ref: Emmett 1919.15, R5; Dattari 3221; [URL='http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&stype=quick&q=15684&rno=1']RPC IV online 15684[/URL] [B]M(APKOC) AVPHΛIC KAICAP[/B] Marcus Aurelius Caesar[/QUOTE]
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