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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3146387, member: 56859&quot;]Nice pickup, [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER]!&nbsp; Zurqieh does have a large array of interesting Alexandrians.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Egypt coinage of Marcus Aurelius is definitely harder to find than that of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Commodus, and many others of that earlier era.&nbsp; Both of your coins are rated R5 by Emmett and ACsearch has no examples of those reverses, although there is one other M.A./Elpis drachm currently for sale on Vcoins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of smaller M.A. Egyptian denominations:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliussphinxobol-rt-jpg.738207/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius as Caesar</b></p><p>AE obol, 20.5 mm, 6.0 gm. Alexandria.</p><p>Year 15 (CE 151/2)</p><p>Obv: MAVPHΛICKAICAP; bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Sphinx crouched right in the pose of the Great Sphinx of Giza; LIE (date) above in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1919.15, R5; Dattari 3221; <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" rel="nofollow">RPC IV online 15684</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dattari-marcusaureliusuraeusdiobol-rt-jpg.554499/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>year 12, CE 171/2</p><p>AE diobol, 22 mm, 7.53 gm</p><p>Obv: [MAV]PHΛIOC ANTω[ΝΙΝΟCCE]; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Uraeus serpent erect left, wearing headdress; &quot;holding&quot; sistrum and grain ear; LI - B across upper fields</p><p>Ref: Dattari 3605 and Pl. XXXII, 3605 (<i>this coin</i>). Dattari-Savio Pl. 193, 3605 (<i>this coin</i>); Geissen --; Emmett 2260.12, R5</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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