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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3289053, member: 10461&quot;]Now I have an Alexandrian tetradrachm, finally, and another ancient to add to my tiny sampling of them in the Eclectic Box.&nbsp; It&#039;s also nice to have a Hadrian again, to soothe the pangs of seller&#039;s remorse over my <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/SvY9Iw6CSN20XAl3S0gv_AncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/SvY9Iw6CSN20XAl3S0gv_AncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin.jpg" rel="nofollow">sestertius</a>.&nbsp; And I can now claim to have at least one Roman provincial coin.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Roman Egypt: billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, Year 15 (130-131 AD); Hadrian receiving corn ears from Alexandria</font></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869659[/ATTACH]</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate draped bust right.</font></font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Reverse:</font></font></b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> L-IE, Hadrian standing at right, holding scepter, receiving corn ears from Alexandria. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Koln 1026; Geissen 1026ff; Dattari 1267ff.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">L IE = year 15 = 130/131 AD.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Arkadian Numismata, Switzerland, 1/2/2018.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s3736.t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s3736.t.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds page</a></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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