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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 5143461, member: 4298&quot;]Another excellent article by our own Great(ish) [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] !</p><p>Very interesting reading. I&#039;m now considering measuring everything at home using the nilometer standard <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER]&#039;s drachm is the best I&#039;ve ever seen of the type</p><p><br /></p><p>How dare I post mine, now ?</p><p>Well, my excuse is it doesn&#039;t feature a crocodile, but a hippo instead, which is believed to be the most dangerous animal in Africa !</p><p>At least it has the &quot;IϚ&quot; on it, being RY 16 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0120-410np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Hadrian, Drachm - </b>Alexandria mint, ca. AD 131-132</p><p>AVT KAI TRAI ADRIA CEB, Draped and laureate bust of Hadrian right</p><p>Nilus leaning left. Behind an hippopotamus. L IϚ in field (regnal year 16)</p><p>23.87 gr</p><p>Ref : Sear #1259, RCV #3763 var, Emmett #1017/16 (R1)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you <i>need </i>a crocodile, here&#039;s one I haven&#039;t shown in a (short) while :</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0030-411.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Augustus &amp; Agrippa, AE Dupondius - </b>Nemausus mint, after AD 10</p><p>4th type</p><p>IMP DIVI F PP, Laureate heads of Augustus looking right and Agrippa looking left, back to back</p><p>COL NEM, Crocodile chained to palm tree</p><p>13,52 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV #1731, Cohen #8</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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