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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2408944, member: 56859&quot;]Nice ones, Steve-O!</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we&#039;re on the tangent, here are the rest of my Alt-Trans coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>The newest, from CICF and one of four Roman Egyptian coins I brought home from that show:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]497536[/ATTACH] </p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</p><p>year 14, CE 150/1</p><p>AE drachm, 34 mm, 28.78 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTKTAIΛAΔPANTωNINOCCEBEVC; laureate head of Antoninus Pius left</p><p>Rev: Triptolemos standing right in serpent biga; LIΔ in top field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1683.14</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Triptolemos, although it&#039;s difficult to see the serpents on this tight flan (looks more like he&#039;s sitting in a winged wheelchair):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atticaeleusistriptolemosmed-jpg.361295/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ATTICA, Eleusis</b></p><p>360-330 BC</p><p>AE16</p><p>Obv: Triptolemos, seated left in a winged chariot drawn by two snakes</p><p>Rev: Pig standing right on mystic staff, (bucranium below?)</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 415</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b253f019eb874641b1f598c2e54655ec.jpg_srb_p_850_426_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=1e6fc059737a3c2e6b57835f28839855" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla</b></p><p>CE 198-217 </p><p>AE29, 16.4 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Asklepios seated right on back of winged serpent</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 5007</p><p><br /></p><p>Hippocamp quadriga!</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoeniciaberytostychehippocampquadriga-jpg.361205/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos</b></p><p>1st century BCE</p><p>Æ19.5, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>Rev: Poseidon standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps </p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Boy, there are a ton of other interesting Alt-Trans coins just waiting to be collected!&nbsp; Bigas of lions, elephants, stags, panthers...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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