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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8360517, member: 134416"]I'd hardly grade it 'poor'. I assume that's how the tag showed up. At least the dealer wasn't an over-grader. Poor is a slug or something unidentifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only (probable) sea find; an Alexandrian Tet of Tiberius in horrible condition. Even this wouldn't be poor, although mine is hideous. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483902[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>TIBERIUS & DIVUS AUGUSTUS AR tetradrachm. Alexandria, Egypt. TIBEPIOY KAISAR SEBASTOS, laureate head right. Reverse - QEOS SEBASTOS, radiate head of Divus Augustus right. Milne 38, Koln 48. 24mm, 8.3g. </p><p><br /></p><p>Likely a sea-find, this coin is lighter than its contemporaries due to leaching of the baser metals. </p><p><br /></p><p>I only got it because it was likely from the sea,and one doesn't see too many Tiberius Tets. Ooh, I think I just spotted an upgrade, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know the purity of Seleucid tets? The weight seems kind a little low, but the 400 buck example isn't that far off. It could be from base metals leaching out, like my zombiefied Tiberius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin pics are way better than mine, but could we have a fresh, more zoomed in pic of the obverse?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8360517, member: 134416"]I'd hardly grade it 'poor'. I assume that's how the tag showed up. At least the dealer wasn't an over-grader. Poor is a slug or something unidentifiable. My only (probable) sea find; an Alexandrian Tet of Tiberius in horrible condition. Even this wouldn't be poor, although mine is hideous. [ATTACH=full]1483902[/ATTACH] TIBERIUS & DIVUS AUGUSTUS AR tetradrachm. Alexandria, Egypt. TIBEPIOY KAISAR SEBASTOS, laureate head right. Reverse - QEOS SEBASTOS, radiate head of Divus Augustus right. Milne 38, Koln 48. 24mm, 8.3g. Likely a sea-find, this coin is lighter than its contemporaries due to leaching of the baser metals. I only got it because it was likely from the sea,and one doesn't see too many Tiberius Tets. Ooh, I think I just spotted an upgrade, though. Does anyone know the purity of Seleucid tets? The weight seems kind a little low, but the 400 buck example isn't that far off. It could be from base metals leaching out, like my zombiefied Tiberius. Your coin pics are way better than mine, but could we have a fresh, more zoomed in pic of the obverse?[/QUOTE]
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