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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1831895, member: 56859&quot;]And here&#039;s another of my early purchases, also from a small mixed lot, one which had obverse and reverse pictures of the coins.&nbsp; (yes, I love buying mixed lots <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not certain of what the obverse legend is or is supposed to be; can&#039;t tell if there is a word or words missing at the upper left/top.&nbsp; In hand it has more silver shine than I captured in this picture.&nbsp; Rough surfaces but a nice fat coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Browsing through wildwinds just now, looking for attribution, I was taken by the wide variety of interesting reverses for A-Pi&#039;s Alexandrian tets.&nbsp;&nbsp; Putting them on the list.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302716[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria</b></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius, year 11 (147/8 AD)</b></p><p>billion tetradrachm, 23 mm, 11.7 gm, ~4 mm thick</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; [_?_]ANTWNINOC CEBEVCEB laureate head of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; L-END-E-KATOV; Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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