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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3922899, member: 56859"]If you recall, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/co-dependent-collecting.296758/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/co-dependent-collecting.296758/">we were alternating picks of the <i>least worst</i> coins</a> rather than picking the best <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Yours has more detail but corrosion pits; mine has less detail and has been stripped of patina but there aren't any pits. It was rather high in my picking order, which says something about the overall quality of those 80 coins! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie105" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-71-isissothis-jpg.627688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 21</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis-Sothis, seated facing and holding a cornucopia and scepter, riding a dog (Sirius?) right; the dog is looking back at Isis</p><p>Ref: Dattari 2680; Emmett 1593.21</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3922899, member: 56859"]If you recall, [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/co-dependent-collecting.296758/']we were alternating picks of the [I]least worst[/I] coins[/URL] rather than picking the best :D. Yours has more detail but corrosion pits; mine has less detail and has been stripped of patina but there aren't any pits. It was rather high in my picking order, which says something about the overall quality of those 80 coins! :yuck: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-71-isissothis-jpg.627688/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] AE drachm, regnal year 21 Obv: laureate bust right Rev: Isis-Sothis, seated facing and holding a cornucopia and scepter, riding a dog (Sirius?) right; the dog is looking back at Isis Ref: Dattari 2680; Emmett 1593.21 [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago[/I][/QUOTE]
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