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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26385870, member: 135271&quot;]Nicely struck Gallienus base tetradrachm of Roman Egypt, from the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak collection, ex Schulman 6/17/1958, pedigree to the Col. James W. Curtis Collection and the illustrated plate coin in his reference work <i>The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt.</i></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1683460[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><p style="text-align: center">EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA</p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Gallienus, sole reign</p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>AE Tetradrachm (22.9mm, 9.81g, 12h) Struck AD 265/6</p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right, seen from behind</p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: Eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak; palm behind; L-ΙΓ (date; year 13) across fields</p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RPC X (Online) 75534; Dattari (Savio) 5288; Curtis 1585 (this coin.)</p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions, 6/5/1991 (Auction XV, lot 419). Ex Hans Schulman, 6/17/1958 (Lot 519, part). From the Col. James W. Curtis Collection.</p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>Dark green-brown patina, well struck, good detail, bold portrait. This coin is the illustrated plate coin in Col. James W. Curtis’ reference catalog The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt.</p><p></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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