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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4114121, member: 56859"]If you like Alexandrian coinage Antoninus Pius has a wealth to choose from, both in denomination and in reverse type. Nice drachm! I love that iconography <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a list of denominations struck in Alexandria during his reign. I've included <b>approximate</b> weights and sizes but there is <i>considerable</i> variation.</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Tetradrachm (BI; 13 gm, 27 mm. BI is an abbreviation for "billon", a debased silver alloy. The debasement worsened in later times and the metal of those later tets is called "potin".)</li> <li>Drachm (AE; 23 gm, 34 mm)</li> <li>Hemidrachm (AE; 13 gm, 29 mm)</li> <li>Diobol (AE; 8 gm, 24 mm)</li> <li>Obol (AE; 5 gm, 19 mm)</li> <li>Dichalkon (AE; 1.7 gm, 14 mm)</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4114121, member: 56859"]If you like Alexandrian coinage Antoninus Pius has a wealth to choose from, both in denomination and in reverse type. Nice drachm! I love that iconography :). Here's a list of denominations struck in Alexandria during his reign. I've included [B]approximate[/B] weights and sizes but there is [I]considerable[/I] variation. [LIST] [*]Tetradrachm (BI; 13 gm, 27 mm. BI is an abbreviation for "billon", a debased silver alloy. The debasement worsened in later times and the metal of those later tets is called "potin".) [*]Drachm (AE; 23 gm, 34 mm) [*]Hemidrachm (AE; 13 gm, 29 mm) [*]Diobol (AE; 8 gm, 24 mm) [*]Obol (AE; 5 gm, 19 mm) [*]Dichalkon (AE; 1.7 gm, 14 mm) [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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