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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2040833, member: 19463&quot;]First to arrive from my recent buying flurry is a tetradrachm of Maximianus from Alexandria with the common Homonoia reverse (Emmitt 4141).&nbsp; Certainly part of the reason I bought it is it is year nine (L&nbsp; ENATOY) spelled out.&nbsp; Other dates of this common reverse have the numeral but theta for nine was avoided since it was considered unlucky as a stand alone symbol for death.&nbsp; I have a bit of a sub-collection of number nine work arounds.&nbsp; I paid more than I would have for other dates (I probably would not have bought other dates since this is a rather ordinary Alexandrian coin) but not &#039;through the nose&#039; ala Steve.&nbsp; It is rather glossy as shown in the image.[ATTACH=full]372540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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