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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1033073, member: 4910&quot;]I received this Roman coin made in Egypt recently and it reminded me of something.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_rome_antoninus_alexsphinx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Provincial Egypt Bronze Drachm - Sphinx</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head left, &quot;AYT K T AIL ADP ANTWNINOC CEB EYC&quot;</p><p>Reverse: Sphinx seated right, wings raised, left forepaw on wheel, &quot;L IZ&quot; (year 17)</p><p>Catalog: Milne 2249</p><p>Diameter: 33mm</p><p>Weight: 19.6gm (Edited to add weight)</p><p>Struck Alexandria, Egypt AD 153-154</p><p><br /></p><p>I visited Egypt in 1987 and got to see the real thing myself.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_tripegypt_cairosphinx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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