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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4801534, member: 74834&quot;]Some of my nicest Alexandria coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166000[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria Egypt, AE drachm Ptolemaeus IV (221-205). Alexandria. Obv. Zeus. Rev. eagle looking t.l. Delta Iota between legs. 40 mm, 67.12 gr. Cornucopia series 5. Svoronos 1125. I bought it about 35 years ago, impressed with its sheer size - at that time I wasn&#039;t collecting coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus II Daia 307-311, AE follis Alexandria. Obv. Head to the right. Rev. Genius standing facing, head left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys across left shoulder, liquors flowing from patera in right hand, cornucopiae in left. K in left field, gamma / P in right field. 25,5 mm, 6.61 gr. Ex-Tom Cederlind. Bought it in 2016 because I was impressed by the artistic portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this is the Real Thing Alexandrian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE13 dichalkon Trajan 98-117. Alexandria. RY 17 (=113/4). Obv. Laureate head right. Rev. Hem-hem crown of Harpokrates; L I-Z in field below. 13 mm, 1.18 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166003[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrianus 117-138, Roman Egypt. Mint Alexandria. AE23, AD 133-134. Diobol. Obv.: Laureate head right. Rev.: Apis bull to the right on ground line, altar right. Date IH = 18. 23 mm, 8.78 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166005[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a beauty, but a very nice beast! Like many Roman Alexandrian coins. We had <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-drachm-lucius-verus.342822/#post-3610660" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-drachm-lucius-verus.342822/#post-3610660">quite an interesting discussion</a> about this drachm on CoinTalk last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius (161-180). Alexandria, Egypt. AE drachm. Obv. Laureate head to right. Rev. Eagle standing with wings open, head left, wreath in beak. 31 mm, 19.24 gr. Emmett 2108?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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