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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8337798, member: 110226&quot;]I&#039;ve been doing some research on a couple of Alexandrian tetradrachms, late third century AD.&nbsp; These coins came out of the box of mixed ancients at my local coin dealer.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been told that there&#039;s at least another box of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, I believe, is a tetradrachm of Aurelian (270-275 AD), typically crude and encrusted.&nbsp; It is regnal year one, but with the eagle facing left on the reverse.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if this is an unusual variety.&nbsp; Give the rough nature of the coin the eagle is mostly quite bold and the portrait on the obverse not too bad as these coins go.</p><p><br /></p><p>7.76 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478319[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other coin is even cruder, but I think it is one belonging to Diocletian (284-305 AD), regnal year two.</p><p><br /></p><p>8.84 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478321[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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