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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3239376, member: 56859&quot;]I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever shown this billion tet before, partly because I just can&#039;t seem to take good pictures of it.&nbsp; The coin is weighty and aside from the abrasion or flan flaw on the obverse, the metal is pretty nice-- smoother than these images suggest.&nbsp; Trajan&#039;s portrait is also unusually pleasing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]847636[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Trajan</b></p><p>Regnal year 18 (114/5 CE)</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVTTPAIANAPICEBΓEPMΔAKIK; laureate bust right, star in right field</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; draped bust of Nilus right, crowned with taenia and lotus bud; cornucopia at left shoulder; LI-H</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Dattari 670 (this coin); Dattari-Savio plate 26 #670 (this coin); RPC 4851.16 (this coin cited); Emmett 387.18, R4.</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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