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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4802391, member: 19463&quot;]I freely admit that I subscribe to the Pellinore definition of &#039;Real Thing&#039; Alexandrian.&nbsp; I do not consider all coins struck in the city as &#039;Alexandrian&#039; but reserve that term for the Roman Provincials from Actium to Diocletian when the city produced coins solely for use in Egypt when the city was the private property of the Emperor.&nbsp; I enjoy Ptolemaic and late Roman coins but they are &#039;from the mint of Alexandria&#039; rather than &#039;Alexandrian&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>These Alexandrian coins are, indeed&#039; popular here. If all our CT family were to post all of their Alexandrian coins in one place, that would be a worthwhile reference on the subject.&nbsp; All worthwhile references seem to use that TIF snake as a great item but there are others including enough R5 coins that guarantee no one will have a &#039;complete&#039; set.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Harlan Berk is not only a coin dealer but he is good at what he does.&nbsp; He surrounded himself with a staff of people who complemented his own strengths.&nbsp; He published that book on the 100 greatest Ancients which belongs on the coffee table (anyone actually have a coffee table anymore???) of anyone interested in antiquity.&nbsp; He has made use of You Tube, video technology and marketing savvy to be a leader in his chosen field.&nbsp; I very rarely see a coin in his stock that tempts me to buy since &#039;sleepers&#039; are harder to find when the seller is as well educated as his group. </p><p><br /></p><p>To make this rant legitimate, here are a few more relatively common coins.</p><p>Hadrian tetradrachm / Serapis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166271[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Diobol / bull (ex stevex6) with hole but a better strike than common</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166272[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II as first daughter under Pius / Dikaiosyne</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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