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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8334192, member: 75937&quot;]I like these big, chunky bronzes but they are usually in low grade. Their chamfered flans encouraged wear and they circulated heavily. Yours is exceptionally well-preserved. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one drachm from Alexandria and it&#039;s not exactly FDC.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-alexandrian-ae-drachm-altar-of-agathodaimon-jpg.1462688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 147-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial Æ drachm, 24.36 g, 35.4 mm, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Egypt, Alexandria, AD 151/52 (year 15).</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝ CЄΒ CЄΒ ЄVCЄΒ ΘVΓ, draped bust, right, wearing circlet of pearls around head.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: Monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta; L – IЄ (year 15) to either side.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RPC IV.4 <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" rel="nofollow">14749</a> (temp); Köln <a href="https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en" rel="nofollow">1961</a>; Dattari 3305-06; K&amp;G 38.69; Emmett 1971.15; Sear –.</font></p><p><font size="3">Note: Some authors identify the altar on the reverse as the altar of Agathodaimon.</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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