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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3030642, member: 56859"]The large flan of your new tet is particularly nice, Sallent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt are admittedly homely. My first came in a small mixed lot and I thought it was a horrible little coin-- a porous tet of Antoninus Pius. I almost gave it away. Now coins of Roman Egypt constitute a large portion of my collection <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In <i>Of Sphinxes, Crocodiles & Heroes: Collecting the Coinage of Roman Egypt</i>*, Kerry Wetterstrom says,</p><p><br /></p><p>On the whole, the coinage of Roman Egypt was crudely manufactured at all stages--including die-engraving, flan manufacture and preparation, and the actual striking of coins. Still, it manages to maintain a charming quality about it. Once a collector is hooked, it is usually for good!"</p><p><br /></p><p>That's been the case for me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">*His essay appears in Wayne Sayles' book <i>Ancient Coin Collecting IV: Roman Provincial Coins</i>.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a nice Maximian formerly in the Dattari collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maximian-alexandria-serapishead-tet-dattari-border-jpg.665613/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximian</b></p><p>potin tetradrachm, regnal year 1 (CE 285/6)</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Alexandria standing left, holding the head of Serapis and a sceptre; L-A</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl. 285, 10657 (<i>this coin</i>); Emmett 4093.1</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3030642, member: 56859"]The large flan of your new tet is particularly nice, Sallent. Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt are admittedly homely. My first came in a small mixed lot and I thought it was a horrible little coin-- a porous tet of Antoninus Pius. I almost gave it away. Now coins of Roman Egypt constitute a large portion of my collection :) In [I]Of Sphinxes, Crocodiles & Heroes: Collecting the Coinage of Roman Egypt[/I]*, Kerry Wetterstrom says, On the whole, the coinage of Roman Egypt was crudely manufactured at all stages--including die-engraving, flan manufacture and preparation, and the actual striking of coins. Still, it manages to maintain a charming quality about it. Once a collector is hooked, it is usually for good!" That's been the case for me :) [SIZE=3]*His essay appears in Wayne Sayles' book [I]Ancient Coin Collecting IV: Roman Provincial Coins[/I].[/SIZE] Here's a nice Maximian formerly in the Dattari collection: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maximian-alexandria-serapishead-tet-dattari-border-jpg.665613/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximian[/B] potin tetradrachm, regnal year 1 (CE 285/6) Obv: laureate bust right Rev: Alexandria standing left, holding the head of Serapis and a sceptre; L-A Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl. 285, 10657 ([I]this coin[/I]); Emmett 4093.1 [I]ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)[/I][/QUOTE]
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