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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1831857, member: 56859&quot;]Here are a couple more Zeus Ammons reverses, both Commodus, both purchased at the same time as the Elagabalus and from the same seller, both badly overcleaned.&nbsp; I&#039;ve since elevated my standards when buying individual coins, but I don&#039;t plan on selling these.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think they&#039;re both from year 27 (186/7 AD) since the Z is readable and I don&#039;t think he had any Alexandrian tets prior to year ~20.&nbsp; Could easily be wrong about that though.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302697[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]302698[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The attribution for both is probably:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria</b></p><p><b>Commodus, year 27 (186/7 AD)</b></p><p>Potin tetradrachm; 24 mm &amp; 11.7 gm 1st coin, 23 mm &amp; 8.3 gm 2nd coin</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; M A KOM ANTW CEBEV CEB (in theory...); laureate head of Commodus right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; horned head of Zeus Ammon right; L K - Z in fields</p><p><br /></p><p>With as many Alexandrian tets as I have and with my continued interest, I should look for books about these, both for full attribution purposes and for general reading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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