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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2745559, member: 57495&quot;]Ah, CoinTalk... bringing people with self-control problems and bad ideas together <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, I had a blast buying this lot with TIF and thereafter divvying up the coins (she did almost all the work - Thank You, TIF!).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still working my way through my share of the coins, but here are a couple of my favorites so far...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627694[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 23.18g, 35.2mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 12 = AD 148/9. Emmett 1587.12; Dattari-Savio Pl. 160, 12289 (this coin); RPC Online 13646 (40 spec, this coin cited). O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: L – ΔωΔƐΚ – ΑΤΟV, Temple with two columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Isis seated right, holding Harpokrates, a palm branch to their right.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.475); Ex Dattari Collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1853-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627692[/ATTACH] <b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Rare. AE Drachm. 26.83g, 33.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/2. Emmett 1628 (R3); Dattari 2776; RPC Online 14830 (8 spec). O: Laureate head right. R: Nilus seated right on rocks upon which a crocodile climbs, Alexandria-Euthenia wearing elephant-skin headdress standing left, holding corn ears and sistrum; [L Ɛ] in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.413)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627693[/ATTACH] <b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 21.47g, 33.2mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 14 = AD 150/1. Emmett 1683.14; Dattari 2904; RPC Online 13706 (16 spec). O: Laureate head right, traces of drapery on shoulder. R: Triptolemos, wearing elephant-head cap, holding seeds in chlamys, driving biga drawn by winged serpents, right; L ΙΔ in field.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.2066)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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