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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8220487, member: 110350&quot;]I think this coin may have enough silver in it to qualify:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (148-149 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝ(Ɛ)ΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (beginning at 2:00) / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, crowned with disk [<i>partially off flan</i>], L ΔѠΔƐ - ΚΑΤΟV [Year 12 spelled out] (clockwise from lower left). RPC IV.4 Online 13625 [temporary number] (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625</a>) [<i>this coin is Specimen 13, ex. Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 186; see </i><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517" rel="nofollow"><i>https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517</i></a>] ; Emmett 1442.12; Milne 1972&nbsp; at p. 47 [Milne, J.G., <i>Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins </i>(Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; Dattari (Savio) 2408; Köln (Geissen) 1588; Sear RCV II 4360.&nbsp; 23 mm., 12.60 g. (Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, Sept 2020).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1443604[/ATTACH]</p><p>Next: another Antoninus Pius from Roman Alexandria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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