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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3877892, member: 56859"]Wow. I'd think <i>any</i> collector of ancient Roman coins looking at that bust would immediately think "that's Aelius". Perhaps in the absence of a prominent placard stating the (now presumed incorrect) name of the emperor, coin collectors who saw this bust simply assumed it was Aelius, so they had no reason to inform the management of Pallavicini Casino dell'Aurora about the error?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/aeliustet-ss2018-rt-jpg.861024/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius</b></p><p>137 CE</p><p>Billon tetradrachm; 23 mm, 13.16 gm</p><p>Obv: ΛAIΛIOCKAICAP; bare head right</p><p>Rev: ΔHM EΞOVC VΠAT B; Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera over garlanded altar</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1350.2; Köln 1271; Milne 1539</p><p><i>Secret Santa gift 2018; Ex Theodosius Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex John A. Seeger Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3877892, member: 56859"]Wow. I'd think [I]any[/I] collector of ancient Roman coins looking at that bust would immediately think "that's Aelius". Perhaps in the absence of a prominent placard stating the (now presumed incorrect) name of the emperor, coin collectors who saw this bust simply assumed it was Aelius, so they had no reason to inform the management of Pallavicini Casino dell'Aurora about the error? [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/aeliustet-ss2018-rt-jpg.861024/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius[/B] 137 CE Billon tetradrachm; 23 mm, 13.16 gm Obv: ΛAIΛIOCKAICAP; bare head right Rev: ΔHM EΞOVC VΠAT B; Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera over garlanded altar Ref: Emmett 1350.2; Köln 1271; Milne 1539 [I]Secret Santa gift 2018; Ex Theodosius Collection Ex John A. Seeger Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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