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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3719168, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you all for your input on my junk bin Alexandrians.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never owned anything like this earlier than Commodus, and all of them are tets.&nbsp; Which is to say I&#039;ve been trying to educate myself on Alexandrian denominations, metals, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>In regards to the Hadrian featuring Selene, I found an example on the RPC website, which notes 14 examples with an average weight of 8.98 grams.&nbsp; Which would pretty much fall in line with mine.&nbsp; Could be a &quot;soapy&quot; cast copy of correct weight, but it gave me a glimmer of hope that it might be okay.&nbsp; Anyway, below is a new, I hope clearer, photo with my attribution and a link to RPC. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, an example on FORVM weighs 12.44 grams and looks more &quot;silver&quot; to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/hadrian_033.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/hadrian_033.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/hadrian_033.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Any additional input always welcome - I&#039;m sure I&#039;m missing something! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]996887[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; Billon Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>(Year 10 / 125-126 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint </b></p><p>AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate,draped and cuirassed bust right / LΔE-KATOY, bust of Selene right, crowned with crescent on taenia,</p><p>RCV (2002) 3728; Dattari 1482; Milne 1109; Geissen 916</p><p>(9.50 grams / 24 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b></p><p>RPC III, 5595 tetradrachm: </p><p>Average diameter 24 mm</p><p>Average weight 8.98 g</p><p>Specimens 14</p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5595" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5595" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5595</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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