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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 24868311, member: 104887&quot;]<b>Hi All,</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595622[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>COMMODUS (177 - 192 CE); Year 30 of MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 30 (189/190 CE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Bi Tetradrachm</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Size: 23x25 mm</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Weight: 11.7 g</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Axis: 00:00</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Broucheion Collection R-1993-03-17.001</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Obv: </b>Commodus, laureate head facing right. Legend: MAKOMANTω - CЄBЄVCЄB. No border.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Selene bust facing left towrds crescent moon. In left field: LΛ. No border.</p><p><b>Refs:</b> Emmett-2558.30; Geissen-2252; Dattari-3889; Milne-2686; Curtis-0853; SNG Copenhagen-582; BMC-1404 to BMC-1405; Mionnet-2390</p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex-CNG Mail Bid Sale 49 (17 Mar 1999), Lot #1174.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note CNG Description:</b> &quot;<i>From A Scandinavian Collection of Alexandrian Coinage. The following offering consists primarily of an old-time collection assembled by a Scandinavian collector when he was living and working in Cairo from 1961-64. Our collector was introduced to Mr Henri Chiha, a retired employee of the Suez Canal Company, and a prominent, local collector of Egyptian antiquities and coins.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Our Scandinavian collector started to visit Mr Chiha each week and soon he was introduced to the coinage of Alexandria - &quot;my Mentor&#039;s great interest&quot; as he describes Mr Chiha. He continues that Mr Chiha &quot;must have had an enormous collection. I only saw the surplus he showed me every week. He always tried to help me get a &#039;representative collection&#039; with as many different emperors&#039; coins as possible I&#039;m just sorry I didn&#039;t buy the more expensive ones he also offered, but my means were limited.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Our Scandinavian collector did remarkably well in obtaining a &#039;representative collection&#039; of Alexandrian coinage in such a short period. His collection consists of over 900 coins. In addition to the following offering, another twenty large lots consisting of 400 coins will be offered in our June [1999] sale from this extensive collection. For purposes of provenance, the following lots are not part of this collection: 1142, 1144-45, 1148, 1167,1169, 1177,1179 &amp; 1193-95. Of particular note is our collector&#039;s original copy of Dattari, one of the nicest that we have ever had the opportunity to examine.</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1595623[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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