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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7849444, member: 19463&quot;]While we really do not need more competition for the Alexandrian coins, I would think that someone with a special interest in AE provincials would be more interested in the Alexandrian bronzes - especially the full size drachms.&nbsp; They do cost more than the tets but there are some really spectacular ones including several hundred by Antoninus Pius ranging from more or less ordinary to absolutely spectacular.&nbsp; Starting with the Severans, Alexandrian bronzes stopped being made in quantity so any coin is rare but any Alexandrian collection will need a few silver dollar size drachms as long as you can deal with the fact that very few of the best types exist in high grades. My examples are ordinary in every sense but they are big.&nbsp; </p><p>Trajan - EIPHNH KAI OMONOIA L IS</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351617[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Assorted Antoninus Pius - You can get them with less wear, with pretty surfaces or with interesting types.&nbsp; Getting all three on one coin is neither easy or cheap.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351618[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1351619[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1351620[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1351621[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another way to keep the budget down is to buy one sided coins.&nbsp; This would be &#039;some coin&#039; if&nbsp; Aurelius Caesar had a nose.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351622[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, my best drachm is also my latest.&nbsp; There were very few coins of this denomination after Caracalla.&nbsp; You can hold the cracks against this one.&nbsp; What will be harder is finding better ones this late.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351623[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy Alexandrians.&nbsp; There are several people her quite into them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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