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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7750324, member: 87809"]I do have a Hadrian Nilus Drachm very worn, which I got at ANA 2019 Chicago for just $10. It was in Berk's pick bin and I just felt I had to rescue it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Probably many collectors would frown at such a coin. The legend on the obverse is gone and the reverse is missing the first three letters</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Drachm, Alexandria, 125 - 126 AD</p><p>32 x 33 mm, 14.152 g</p><p>Not sure if my attribution is right:</p><p>RPC III 5601 or 6017; Emmett 1014</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: (ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ) laureate, draped, cuirassed bust to right</p><p>Rev.: (L ΔΕ)ΚΑΤΟΥ Nilus reclining to l., holding papyrus reed in r. hand and cornucopia in left; below, crocodile</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1326988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1326989[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7750324, member: 87809"]I do have a Hadrian Nilus Drachm very worn, which I got at ANA 2019 Chicago for just $10. It was in Berk's pick bin and I just felt I had to rescue it:D Probably many collectors would frown at such a coin. The legend on the obverse is gone and the reverse is missing the first three letters Æ Drachm, Alexandria, 125 - 126 AD 32 x 33 mm, 14.152 g Not sure if my attribution is right: RPC III 5601 or 6017; Emmett 1014 Ob.: (ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ) laureate, draped, cuirassed bust to right Rev.: (L ΔΕ)ΚΑΤΟΥ Nilus reclining to l., holding papyrus reed in r. hand and cornucopia in left; below, crocodile [ATTACH=full]1326988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1326989[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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