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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2093321, member: 42634&quot;]a new&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>d</b>rachm and <b>d</b>enarius for my first big pick up of 2015.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this one is literally big, if not very expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5863_zpsv68pa2wx.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5863_zpsv68pa2wx.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_5863_zpsv68pa2wx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian</p><p>117-138 AD</p><p>Æ Drachm (35mm, 15.4g) Dated yr 2 (117/8 AD)</p><p>Alexandria</p><p>Laureate bust right, slight drapery.</p><p>/ Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; below; L B (date) in ex.</p><p>Köln 760.</p><p><br /></p><p>my first alexandrian drachm, a type of been wanting for a while.&nbsp;&nbsp; this one is thinner than most, but has a nice brownish red patina that caught my eye.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this one i shelled out more money for than any other coin i have, a sweet serrate republican denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5803_zpsb43b9808.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5803_zpsb43b9808.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_5803_zpsb43b9808.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>L. Scipio Asiagenus</p><p>AR serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.62 g)</p><p>Rome 106 BC</p><p>Laureate head of Jupiter left</p><p>Jupiter driving galloping quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt and holding reins and scepter; L SCIP ASIAG and C• in ex.</p><p>Crawford 311/1e; very fine, lightly toned[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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