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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3008750, member: 56859&quot;]What a gorgeous coin, Gavin!&nbsp; Great history too.&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; I need one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Favorite Diocletian from Roman Egypt:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_511712208cf2410296452349553cc95f%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_511712208cf2410296452349553cc95f%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D7ae1c08a8331d07d09405a998af71f8e&amp;hash=c8e28e5dc142cb52913f5c4a38256b0c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Diocletian</b></p><p>year 11, CE 294/5</p><p>tetradrachm, 19 mm, 7.6 gm</p><p>Obv: ΔIOKΛHTIANOCCEB; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Draped bust of Selene right, crescent before; L IA behind</p><p>Ref: Emmett 4080.11, R5</p><p><i>The date looks odd, more like L IE rather than L IA. It can&#039;t be L IE (year 15) because production of tetradrachms in Alexandria ended in 298. Per Emmett, this reverse was only issued year 11. Could it be and unpublished L IB, with the right side of the B missing? Possibly, but it&#039;s probably just a somewhat blundered A.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any brilliant emerald patinas like your new coin, but here are a few with brownish green:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-dionysiusi-hippocamp-reshootrt-jpg.495475/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-fun-at-cicf-2016.277725/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-fun-at-cicf-2016.277725/">SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kamarinatetras-athenaleft-owllizard-a-jpg.431261/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/leapin-lizards-kamarina-tetras.267073/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/leapin-lizards-kamarina-tetras.267073/">Kamarina tetras</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffill%2525252525252Fw_1000%2525252525252Ch_510%2525252525252Cal_c%2525252525252Cq_90%2525252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253D4e05fb18eb697a4cd90a57ad3fdcf5b7%2525252526hash%252525253D9b604e820ba1f5fb33f4613a594a4a6a%25252526hash%2525253Def229d2b1f97328be9bd81f41417c1c0%252526hash%25253D5b7b75cfd11949136e5fb331bde6a40f%2526hash%253Dc9be810f4954c83cb7f5555f1cfb7cd7%26hash%3Daa726ac527d92268e54dedbd57573ac5&amp;hash=9534c5e3c69d6d6f1445dea6be004dbd" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sicily, Syracuse. AE 13, c. 425 BCE. Arethusa(?)/hippocamp &amp; octopus</p><p><br /></p><p>And in praise of rapid shippers, no one was better than the old Gitbud &amp; Naumann auctions via Pecumen.&nbsp; That was before the Pecumen platform became unstable, before G&amp;N split, and before the German laws became burdensome for sellers and buyers.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; I used to receive coins from Pecunem ~3 days after the auction.&nbsp; Germany to the Caribbean in 3 days?&nbsp; Wow!!&nbsp; They must&#039;ve had an army of people processing those lots, or perhaps a few people and gallons of caffeinated beverages <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of those G&amp;N speed-shipped coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8a4184af6d4e4930bf30d77d1bcf4fb3.jpg_srb_p_800_447_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coin-animals-by-alphabet.267837/page-11#post-2227513" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coin-animals-by-alphabet.267837/page-11#post-2227513">CARIA, Mylasa</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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