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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3036391, member: 19463"]Alexandria always has a distinctive style for which some of us have quite an addiction.  This is a nice coin in many respects but not perfect.  That will be the one you buy next (I have faith). My ALEA is not as great as yours in some respects but it is every bit as 'Alexandrian' which could be considered a fault by those who do not have the Alexandrian addiction.  I doubt the facial structure of this mint's portraits was photographically accurate but it is quite distinctive.  Yours is a bit odd in the fact that most Alexandrians of the type show the horse hanging more below the ground line.  Few have anything as low as my ALEA.[ATTACH=full]757333[/ATTACH] More odd IMO is that your coin only has two laurel ties while all four of my officina set have three.  I corresponded with a gentleman about 25 years ago on this matter.  He was working on a theory about the significance of laurel tie designs in the late Roman period and I keep telling myself that I need to dig out the papers he sent and refresh my memory.  [ATTACH=full]757336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]757337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]757338[/ATTACH] Randy, I hope you realize how strange the bunch of us must seem to the collectors who think the only thing that can ID a mint is a little letter under the date.  You know Alexandria is not my favorite FH mint but it is special to me.[/QUOTE]