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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8241521, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you so much [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] - not only for the ID, but the terrific overlay as well.&nbsp; Nothing like a British Museum die match to make me feel like a real numismatist! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>This one was really stumping me, and it seems I was barking up the wrong numismatic tree (not an old portrait at all, since Elagabalus was a teenager).&nbsp; Good to see how that weird Diamond-O fits in as well.&nbsp; You made my whole numismatic weekend!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to everybody else who helped out too.&nbsp; I do appreciate it.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As it so happens, I found another die match from that same low-grade Provincial lot - and it seems to be a bit scarce, if unattractive: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450688[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander Æ Tetrassarion</b></p><p><b>(c. 222-235 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Kallatis, Thrace / Moesia Inf.</b></p><p>AVT K M AV[Ρ CEYH] AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate head r. / KAΛΛATIANΩN, Tyche</p><p>standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, Δ in left field.</p><p>Varbanov 348; Moushmov 314.</p><p>(12.32 grams / 26 x 25 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $3.80</p><p><b>Notes: </b> Die-match obverse and reverse to Ken Dorney specimen sold on Vcoins ($150.00 but much nicer coin).&nbsp; Noted as &quot;rare.&quot;&nbsp; Did not find any on acsearch; but Wildwinds has one.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the die match, to former CTer Ken Dorney, from a Vcoin listing - it is really nice: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450690[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For you connoisseurs of ancient coin damage, here is a close-up of that flattened/clipped edge on mine: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450689[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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