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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2466986, member: 9204&quot;]I hate Antinous - everyone suddenly has an interest in tesserae because they want an Antinous. I used to pay less than $10 for this type. Get off my lawn, ya darn kids!</p><p><br /></p><p>To clarify a few points for the would-be tesserae collector. These are not Alexandrian at all. They were produced in the city of Antinoöpolis, likely sometime after the death of Antinous, late 2nd-mid 3rd century, and are completely unrelated to the other Antinous coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think about half of my posts are explanations of what tesserae are. I should just make it my signature line. Here&#039;s some previous discussions:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/actaeon-transforms-into-a-stag-%E2%80%93-an-exceptional-mythological-type.276783/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/actaeon-transforms-into-a-stag-%E2%80%93-an-exceptional-mythological-type.276783/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/actaeon-transforms-into-a-stag-–-an-exceptional-mythological-type.276783/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-relic-from-the-ancient-theater.239377/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-relic-from-the-ancient-theater.239377/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-relic-from-the-ancient-theater.239377/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-other-cities-of-roman-egypt.224384/#post-1669685" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-other-cities-of-roman-egypt.224384/#post-1669685">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-other-cities-of-roman-egypt.224384/#post-1669685</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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