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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4546044, member: 26302"]One of the Seven Wonders of the world, this amazing structure was estimated over 100 meters tall. It was one of the tallest man-made structures on earth. It was destroyed by 3 earthquakes between 956-1323, and the remnants torn down in 1480 to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have slowly been collecting these, (they are extremely popular). I just got a third type today at CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125442[/ATTACH] </p><p>It is a Hadrian hemidrachm. I liked this one for the clearly visible "ramp" to the side of it, a feature often lost on these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an excellent website containing the types:</p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="http://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html" rel="nofollow">http://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of the major types, I have the drachm with Isis right, the Commodus Tet, (mine is actually better than on the website, I got lucky at a coin show), and now this type. I am missing Isis left and the issue with only letters on either side of the Pharos. I am not nearly advanced enough with this mini-collection to worry about every reverse/ruler combination, (yet). Maybe someday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4546044, member: 26302"]One of the Seven Wonders of the world, this amazing structure was estimated over 100 meters tall. It was one of the tallest man-made structures on earth. It was destroyed by 3 earthquakes between 956-1323, and the remnants torn down in 1480 to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. I have slowly been collecting these, (they are extremely popular). I just got a third type today at CNG: [ATTACH=full]1125442[/ATTACH] It is a Hadrian hemidrachm. I liked this one for the clearly visible "ramp" to the side of it, a feature often lost on these. Here is an excellent website containing the types: [URL]http://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html[/URL] Of the major types, I have the drachm with Isis right, the Commodus Tet, (mine is actually better than on the website, I got lucky at a coin show), and now this type. I am missing Isis left and the issue with only letters on either side of the Pharos. I am not nearly advanced enough with this mini-collection to worry about every reverse/ruler combination, (yet). Maybe someday.[/QUOTE]
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