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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5143244, member: 99456"]Great post and drachm, [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], and the sculpture with 16 cubits of river water babies is quite amazing. Although I just posted this recently - it goes well with this thread. This coin with a reed and cornucopia in the opposite hands of Nilus [I would say "like the one of [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER]", but any comparison to that unbelievably detailed drachm seems inappropriate <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207263[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria, Marcus Aurelius</b>, 161-180, Drachm circa 165-166 (year 6), Æ</p><p><b>Size: </b>32.4mm, 20.90g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia;in left field, LϚ (date, RY = 6)</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/16632" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/16632" rel="nofollow">2837.2</a> (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 187, 9283 (this coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5143244, member: 99456"]Great post and drachm, [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], and the sculpture with 16 cubits of river water babies is quite amazing. Although I just posted this recently - it goes well with this thread. This coin with a reed and cornucopia in the opposite hands of Nilus [I would say "like the one of [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER]", but any comparison to that unbelievably detailed drachm seems inappropriate :)] [ATTACH=full]1207263[/ATTACH] [B]Egypt, Alexandria, Marcus Aurelius[/B], 161-180, Drachm circa 165-166 (year 6), Æ [B]Size: [/B]32.4mm, 20.90g [B]Obv:[/B] Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right [B]Rev: [/B]Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia;in left field, LϚ (date, RY = 6) [B]Ref:[/B] RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/16632']2837.2[/URL] (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 187, 9283 (this coin).[/QUOTE]
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