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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7659243, member: 19463"]<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandria-egypt-roman-tetradrachm-eagle-e-over-l-help.381488/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandria-egypt-roman-tetradrachm-eagle-e-over-l-help.381488/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandria-egypt-roman-tetradrachm-eagle-e-over-l-help.381488/</a></p><p>Did we not have another one of these posted here within a couple weeks? ID of this series requires learning not only the Greek alphabet but learning which letters are often made in a way other than the way you prefer. For example, P often has a small top loop and can be mistaken for an I. On this coin the I has more top than the P which I'm sure you know is an R. H is a vowel. A and Λ can gain or lose that crossbar. We must never forget that a coin clearly dated year 5 (LE) must belong to someone who lasted that long. When it comes to cheap coins, later period Alexandrians can be a lot of fun. Of course, the expensive, earlier ones can be more fun but that is just the fact of life in this hobby. When you have the coin in hand, you should start by evaluating the size. This coin is too small to be a Philip. How many other later Alexandrians do you have? Place them in order of size and see how close that comes to being the right date order. Certainly this does not work all the time but it tells you where to start. Make a list of the possible obverse legends even where that ruler used several and learn the most common ones with regard to where certain letters tend to fall. These points do not ID coins but it helps rule out things they can not be. Finally, there is the negative method of coin ID. Start with the most common (Diocletian, Maximianus) and show how the letter bumps just do not fit. Move on to the next most common and keep going until you can not talk yourself out of eliminating that possibility.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7659243, member: 19463"][URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandria-egypt-roman-tetradrachm-eagle-e-over-l-help.381488/[/URL] Did we not have another one of these posted here within a couple weeks? ID of this series requires learning not only the Greek alphabet but learning which letters are often made in a way other than the way you prefer. For example, P often has a small top loop and can be mistaken for an I. On this coin the I has more top than the P which I'm sure you know is an R. H is a vowel. A and Λ can gain or lose that crossbar. We must never forget that a coin clearly dated year 5 (LE) must belong to someone who lasted that long. When it comes to cheap coins, later period Alexandrians can be a lot of fun. Of course, the expensive, earlier ones can be more fun but that is just the fact of life in this hobby. When you have the coin in hand, you should start by evaluating the size. This coin is too small to be a Philip. How many other later Alexandrians do you have? Place them in order of size and see how close that comes to being the right date order. Certainly this does not work all the time but it tells you where to start. Make a list of the possible obverse legends even where that ruler used several and learn the most common ones with regard to where certain letters tend to fall. These points do not ID coins but it helps rule out things they can not be. Finally, there is the negative method of coin ID. Start with the most common (Diocletian, Maximianus) and show how the letter bumps just do not fit. Move on to the next most common and keep going until you can not talk yourself out of eliminating that possibility.[/QUOTE]
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