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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1831819, member: 56859&quot;]Got one of my cameras working, sort of... and still having lighting issues.&nbsp; Seems like I&#039;m going backwards in my photo skills <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway,&nbsp; I was looking through a mixed lot purchased a few months ago and whaddya know... A Severina, and I think it&#039;s year 7!&nbsp; Having trouble finding info on this coin in various online resources.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not in the best shape but I like it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302678[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria</b></p><p><b>Severina,&nbsp; 275 AD (?)</b></p><p>Potin tetradrachm, 20 mm, 8.5 gm (is it correct to say &#039;potin&#039; or just &#039;AE&#039;?)</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; OVΛΠ&nbsp; CEVH PINA CEB; draped bust right, hair brushed straight with long plait running along the back of head and tucked under stephane</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ETOVC; Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left; Z in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; ?</p><p><i>Ex Professor James R. Eaton collection.&nbsp; In his family from when he collected it in the 1800&#039;s until I bought it from Stack&#039;s Bowers.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Severina may have had sole reign for a while after her husband&#039;s death in ~Sept/Oct 275, or at least that&#039;s what some online sources say.&nbsp; I bet Doug has more information...</p><p><br /></p><p>Short bio of Professor Eaton:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>James Eaton was born the second son of Reverend George Washington Eaton, D.D., L.L.D., who was the president of Madison University (now called Colgate University) in Hamilton, New York. James graduated from Madison University and the Hamilton Theological Seminary and, though he was ordained as a Baptist minister, chose teaching as his profession. He became a professor of mathematics, natural science, ancient languages, and theology, and in 1868 he accepted a position at William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri. He served as the head of the Department of Natural</i></p><p><i>Sciences for 28 years.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>By 1897, his increasing frailty convinced James that he should take a sabbatical, and it had been his lifelong dream to visit the Holy Land. He set sail from New York, but tragically suffered a heart attack shortly aer arriving in Cairo. He died a few days later on March 20, 1897.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Professor Eaton was an enthusiastic collector, and in addition to his extensive cabinets of minerals and geological specimens, he spent 30 years collecting coins. He created many different sub-collections, including a complete collection of Biblical coins, a collection of the earliest gold, silver,</i></p><p><i>and bronze Greek and Roman coins, a portrait collection, a collection of early American copper coins, and many others.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The last coin was integrated into this impressive collection back in the 1890s, meaning that this collection has been off the market for more than a century!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The coins eventually came into the possession of James&#039; son, Hubert Eaton, who was the one of the founders and presidents of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Hubert periodically displayed the coins at the museum there, along with other family sculptures and art.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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