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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2737653, member: 19463&quot;]This is Emesa and quite a reasonable example.&nbsp; I believe my obverse die is a bit earlier than yours but it is the same type.&nbsp; They are not all that common and perfect ones are not seen often enough for them to be regulars in the high end trade circles.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]624287[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria (below) has a very different style.&nbsp; As a general rule, Alexandria die cutters had trouble cutting eyes and letters are a bit more ragged but guidelines like that are not hard and fast rules.&nbsp; As Alexandria goes, the one here is better than most when it comes to the eye.&nbsp; After you have a dozen of each mint, the differences will strike you as obvious just as you now can recognize your own handwriting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]624286[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>How do we know that this mint was Alexandria.&nbsp; In the 1920&#039;s a student recognized that the style on these denarii rather resembled the Alexandrian tetradrachms of that period.&nbsp; Do you see the family resemblance?&nbsp; It would be more obvious if you had a few hands full of each.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]624298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]624299[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]624300[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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