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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bernard55, post: 4947886, member: 114733&quot;]I came into this one recently in a bag of uncleaned ancients I picked up at an estate auction.&nbsp; I figure this bag of unknowns may help me learn ancients.&nbsp; I did clean it up with a toothbrush and some water.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s a Severus Alexander given the three legionary standards topped with wreathes on the reverse. The closest I&#039;ve found so far to compare to is this one <a href="http://www.coinproject.com/siteimages/142-Z0936LG.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinproject.com/siteimages/142-Z0936LG.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinproject.com/siteimages/142-Z0936LG.jpg</a> (Bronze) but what is strange is that almost all the S. Alexander&#039;s I see have NI-K-AI-E/ΩN but this one seems to be missing the &quot;E&quot; and it also is a very gold color where these others all seem to be grayish/green.&nbsp; Is the color of the one I have just a ruined patina?&nbsp; Also, why no &quot;E&quot;? is this signifying the date or monetary value?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1189303[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1189302[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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