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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3139324, member: 56859&quot;]Don&#039;t you just looooove these big drachms?&nbsp; Nice heft, nice flan shape, nice feel, interesting designs.&nbsp; I like that you can read the &quot;16&quot; on your coin-- representative of the ideal level of Nile flooding for the optimum yield of crops:&nbsp; 16 cubits (24 feet; 7.3 meters).</p><p><br /></p><p>From <i>The Nilometer in Cairo</i>, on <a href="http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/cairo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/cairo/" rel="nofollow">WaterHistory.org</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802272[/ATTACH]</p><p>I have an abused drachm of Antoninus Pius which depicts a Nilometer.&nbsp; It&#039;s that tombstone-ish thing in the upper left field.&nbsp; It is the opening to a Nilometer (the article cited above will give you a better visual different styles of Nile flood gauges).</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-dattari8-nilometerdrachm-jpg.658073/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 17 (CE 153/4)</p><p>Obv: laureate bust left</p><p>Rev: Nilus, with crocodile below him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; to left, a nilometer entrance, in front of which stands a Genius; L-IZ in upper field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1622.17; Dattari 2764</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.475); Supposedly ex Dattari Collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1853-1923), not in Savio.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Milne lists six examples of this coin, number 1264-1269 although number 1265 has a slightly different rendering of the regnal year.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure of the proper convention for giving the attribution in such a case.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the concordance table of Emmett (and your coin is Emmett 1014.12), he simply lists the first entry, Milne 1264.&nbsp; Milne 1269 is not wrong though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I guess you could say Milne 1264-1269.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the Milne excerpt:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]802273[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>A few more Hadrian drachms:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadriandrachm-nilus-e1016-16-rt-jpg.658081/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Hadrian drachm / Nilus seated left, holding reed, crocodile below right. Emmett 1016, RY16</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_47b39362ebc940b0b57af603449f184d%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_85%252Fae43f8_47b39362ebc940b0b57af603449f184d%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3De80ccc802919b664a1e761a418e0d078&amp;hash=052f6798e1bf232589267ad3169407e4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Hadrian drachm / canopic jars (probably statuettes rather than actual jars). 35 mm, 24.8 gm. Emmett 933.18</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%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_935afd24c89842b49004c7f5e69e132e.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffill%2525252Fw_1000%2525252Ch_499%2525252Cal_c%2525252Cq_90%2525252Fae43f8_935afd24c89842b49004c7f5e69e132e.jpg%252526hash%25253Dad20809b2f0b63e77b703b9bca3f79af%2526hash%253D46d8fec59dbdd1b029bd66691c9802a5%26hash%3D09be5af2c18458328a065896d78eeed6&amp;hash=a66f2e6c752f2d5022e6877388c8ca1d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Hadrian drachm / Isis Pharia and the lighthouse of Alexandria. 32 mm, 23.3 gm. Emmett 1002.18</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_6c67080020cc4e348897e07ce7d8bf1f.jpg_srz_p_689_326_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz&amp;hash=ef6693bb43b43b2dd986ad7c78a1bd5a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Hadrian drachm / personification of Alexandria, wearing elephant skin head dress, kissing the hand of Hadrian. 35 mm, 24.8 gm. Emmett 964.15[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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