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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2236033, member: 56859&quot;]Happy birthday, Bing!&nbsp; Wonderful new coin, made more special by its purchase while abroad <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have no Cappadocians but do have a ragtag assortment of Antoninus Pius issues from Roman Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_39439c22246047c88a0c256c1d3407f7.jpg_srb_p_800_382_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>year 2 tetradrachm, canopus of Osiris, Emmett 1373</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3d6ec7b8e4f14e649ee4145f6b196609.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>year 5 drachm, Serapis Pantheos, Emmett 1676</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f026410b962d4063a80dbde2389d77b8.jpg_srb_p_800_411_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>year 11 tetradrachm, Dikaiosyne seated, Emmett 1377.&nbsp; This was part of my first &quot;mixed lot&quot; purchase, a group of four coins from Heritage.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t like this coin at first and couldn&#039;t imagine wanting to collect coins of Roman Egypt <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Now it&#039;s one of my primary collecting areas.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_7423e8e076ba45af976a55d2bd479a6a.jpg_srb_p_1000_493_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>year 13 drachm, Nilus reclining on a crocodile, although the croc looks more like a pygmy hippo.&nbsp; Emmett 1621, a very common type.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c33314fbadcb4702bb9ce297b75e2cc6.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>year 17 drachm, eagle standing facing.&nbsp; Emmett 1496 (unless there isn&#039;t a wreath in the beak, in which case it would be an R4 Emmett 1497... so it&#039;s probably 1496). This is my &quot;pocket piece&quot; and from time to time it take him out to play:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a66c958d8ed54fc8ba2a942e6980ad7f.jpg_srb_p_839_629_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_16437cd41d004f9e86faddbde750a298.jpg_srb_p_839_629_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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